Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Clients

When you or a loved one is injured, a lot of things come at you quickly. On one hand, you are very concerned about how you are going to pay your or your loved one’s medical bills. If you can’t work because of your injury, you are concerned about how you are going to make ends meet. You are concerned with providing for your family. If you are injured at work, your employer may be insisting that you see the “company doctor”. Your employer or an insurance adjuster may be pressuring you to settle your claims now. You wonder whether you need a lawyer or if you should just take their offer. You wonder whether your claim may have a lot more value than what they are offering you.

When you are considering hiring a lawyer to represent you, there are a lot of lawyers out there. The choice you make will be a critical one. You need to ask many questions of a prospective lawyer. Do they try cases? Or are they just going to refer your case to someone who does? Have they been successful in the past? Can they help with your medical bills? Your living expenses? If it is a maritime claim, do they know maritime law? Do they have any experience with maritime law? What is the lawyer’s background?

The Buzbee Law Firm has counseled hundreds of clients with these exact concerns. We know what you are going through. We also know what you need to consider when hiring a lawyer.

Medical Treatment:

The Buzbee Law Firm helps with medical treatment for our clients.  Charges for these medical services are repaid from your portion of settlement proceeds.  

The firm does this so that our clients can get quality medical care from medical providers of their choice.  We cannot promise any potential client that we will arrange medical care before they have signed a Power of Attorney and become our client.  Our firm does not offer to assist with medical care to entice injured people to become our clients. 

Client Loans:

The Buzbee Law Firm loans money to our clients.  Loans are repaid from your portion of settlement proceeds.  If we do not recover money on your behalf, you do not have to pay back your loans. 

Loans are available to help clients survive financially during the pendency of their personal injury cases.  Our firm only lends money for this reason and not to better a client’s financial situation or for any matters unrelated to your litigation. We make every effort to help our clients financially if we are able to during their cases.  We cannot promise any potential client a loan before they have signed a Power of Attorney and become our client.  Our firm does not offer money to entice injured people to become our clients.  We only make loans to clients after we determine the soundness of their claims.

We are not able to make client loans in states that prohibit attorneys from doing so, such as Florida, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and California.