The time it takes to receive your settlement after a car accident can vary depending on several factors:

1. Extent of Injuries: If you’ve sustained minor injuries that require minimal medical treatment, your settlement may be reached relatively quickly. However, if you have more severe injuries that require ongoing medical care or rehabilitation, the process may take longer as your attorney will need to ensure that all current and future medical expenses are accounted for in the settlement.
2. Dispute Resolution: If liability or the extent of damages is disputed by the parties involved, it can prolong the settlement process. Negotiations may take time, and in some cases, mediation or even litigation may be necessary to reach a resolution.
3. Insurance Company Process: Insurance companies typically conduct their investigations into the accident and evaluate the claim before offering a settlement. This process can take weeks or even months, especially if there are complex issues involved or if the insurance company is delaying or disputing the claim.
4. Medical Treatment and Documentation: It’s essential to complete all necessary medical treatment and obtain documentation of your injuries and related expenses before finalizing a settlement. This may require waiting until you’ve reached maximum medical improvement or until your doctors can provide a clear prognosis for your recovery.
5. Legal Process: If your case requires filing a lawsuit and going to trial, the settlement process will be longer than if an agreement is reached through negotiations outside of court.

Overall, the time it takes to receive your settlement after a car accident can range from a few weeks to several months or even longer, depending on the specific circumstances of your case. Your attorney can provide more guidance on the expected timeline based on the details of your situation.

The Wrong Lawyer

Finding the wrong lawyer is a real bummer and could be catastrophic. And at times it sure does seem like it’s easier to find the wrong layer than finding the right lawyer. Just like any occupation you will find good attorneys and bad ones. You will find the ones that are just out for money. There are also attorneys that spend little time if any at all getting to know you and the details of the case. The wrong attorney is hard to get ahold of or just simply wont talk to you. Instead they pawn off your case to assistants or paralegals that handle the case. The wrong attorney can make you feel small and insignificant. The worst part about hiring the wrong attorney is that you almost never find out until it’s too late. You could be out lots of money, time or even worse, both.

How to Find the Right Lawyer, Almost Every time

FREE CASE EVALUATION, FREE CASE EVALUATION, FREE CASE EVALUATION, it’s really almost that simple. In order to choose the right attorney for you, you really need to sit down with the attorney one on one and talk to them about your case. Ask questions about how the attorney can help you and how many cases they have tried that are similar to yours. Remember it’s their job to communicate with you and make sure you feel comfortable. That includes speaking another language like Spanish.

Free Consultations

A “preliminary consultation” or “free consultation” is your chance to sit down one on on one and interview the attorney to see if you are a good fit. You don’t have to be best friends, but you have to get along and trust that the attorney has your best interest in mind. Again this is your time to interview the person and team that is going to handle a major event in your life. So come prepared with questions that you need answers to. Make sure before you choose the right attorney for you, that your questions are answered and you feel comfortable.