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Three Reasons To Use A Trial Attorney For Your Personal Injury Case

30 April 2018 by Hunter Moore

If you have been injured in an accident, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. Of course, the chances are that you will be dealing with an insurance company. For this reason, it is in your best interest to have an attorney on your side to get all of the compensation you are entitled to. However, it is best to hire a civil litigation lawyer with experience going to trial. The following are three reasons this is important.

Insurance companies are likely to settle for a higher amount

The idea of settling out of court is for the insurance company to save money on the expense of a trial. Your attorney will be trying to get as much money as he or she can. But attorneys working for insurance companies are savvy. They research the lawyers who they are negotiating with, and they know how often an attorney goes to court. Many personal injury lawyers rarely go to court, and knowing this, an insurance company may be able to force a settlement for a lower amount. They know that any hint of going to court, from an attorney that seldom goes to trial, is likely a bluff. A civil litigator or trial lawyer is not bluffing, and an insurance company knows this. For this reason, the insurance company will likely have a higher threshold for a settlement amount because there is a higher probability of going to trial.

A trial lawyer builds his case from the start

Trial lawyers, because they have experience in court, are looking at your injuries from the frame of mind of an attorney building a case. Piece by piece, they begin to see how they will present your case to a jury and the evidence they will use. Personal injury attorneys that rarely go to trial, seldom think that way. They often look at injuries in terms of how much money they are worth.

A trial lawyer can win your case in court

Although it is true that most cases are settled out of court, some of the time, they do end up going to trial. This is when experience going to trial will pay off. If your attorney has brought a case to trial many times and has a good record at winning them, you will have a good chance of getting compensation when the evidence is presented to a jury.

To a certain extent, a trial lawyer or civil litigator is no different from those who call themselves personal injury lawyers. But what makes a lawyer regarded as a trial lawyer is the fact that they go to trial. Although your case may not go to trial, you are likely to receive the maximum amount in an out court settlement when using a trial lawyer. And if you do have to go to court, it is a trial lawyer that will give you the best chance of winning.

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