It would be wise to bear in mind the old adage: “A person who represents himself has a fool for a client.” Please consider the following ten benefits and advantages of retaining Landis Law Firm to handle your personal injury claim, compared to the alternative of representing yourself.
- Christopher Landis is very familiar with the laws and procedures that affect your particular claim, both those that affect it in positive ways and those that affect it in negative ways.
- Christopher Landis understands what evidence needs to be gathered for potential future use and he acts to preserve that evidence. Depending on the kind of case that is involved he may hire an accident investigator to photograph the accident scene before the liable party has a chance to alter or destroy whatever mechanism or instrumentality caused your injury.
- Claimants who attempt to represent themselves without an attorney almost always make errors which damage their claims, sometimes to a severe extent. Landis Law Firm can protect you from damaging your case by warning you to avoid the mistakes that unrepresented claimants typically make. While there are numerous potential mistakes the most common ones are delay in getting your first medical treatment, preserving evidence and allowing the adjuster to take your recorded statement.
- Based upon his past experience in the handling of thousands of cases Christopher Landis can estimate the value of your claim and is able to project how the value might increase or decrease under certain scenarios including, for example, getting further treatment or an MRI. Knowing the value of a claim is of crucial importance while negotiating with the insurance adjuster. Claimants who try to do the negotiating on their own without such knowledge are doing something akin to “shooting in the dark”.
- Christopher Landis can guide you through the important process of selecting the right kind of doctor to treat your particular accident-related injuries. If you lack health insurance he may be able to get you treatment or an MRI provided on a lien basis.
- Christopher Landis knows what to say and what not to say to insurance adjusters.
- Christopher Landis is an extremely experienced negotiator. He knows that using demands that are either too low or too high invariably produces poor outcomes. Having successfully negotiated literally thousands of personal injury settlements he has the experience and skill to be able to identify the best demand figure to use in each negotiating cycle, thereby greatly enhancing your prospects for the best possible outcome.
- Since the adjuster will see that you have Landis Law Firm on your side the adjuster knows it would be pointless to try to get away with making “low ball” settlement offers. Also, because the adjuster knows your attorney can immediately file a lawsuit to respond to an unreasonably low offer the adjuster has a strong incentive to negotiate in good faith.
- Landis Law Firm can often succeed in getting your unpaid treatment liens substantially reduced and sometimes even waived. This can put substantially more money into your pocket.
- Landis Law Firm relieves you from the stress and time-consuming effort of processing the extensive paperwork that is usually required.