What If I Can’t Afford A Lawyer, But I’m Injured?

If you’re lucky in life, you will never have to hire a lawyer. In most instances, if you need a lawyer, something bad happened, whether it was a divorce, DUI, or some type of lawsuit. If you don’t know much

about the legal industry, you may think that it’s very expensive to hire a lawyer. And in some cases, this is correct. Depending on the type of case, some lawyers charge hundreds of dollars per hour. But if you were seriously injured in a personal injury case, these cases are handled differently and will not cost you any money up front or on an hourly basis. Attorney Robert Bates has been successfully litigating personal injury cases in the Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol areas for over a decade.

Personal Injury Contingency Fees

If you have a personal injury case, you will not have to pay the attorneys at Robert Bates & Associates an hourly fee of hundreds of dollars. In these cases, almost all personal injury attorneys charge their clients on a contingency fee basis. This means that if the case settles before trial they win a jury verdict, the client will receive a lump sum amount for compensation, and the attorney receives a percentage of the lump sum amount. Every attorney is different, but the usual percentage fee is ⅓ or 33.333 percent of any settlement before litigation, and 40 percent if the case has to be litigated. This is just the standard in the industry. There may be other lawyers who charge different rates depending upon the type of case, the complexity, and the difficulty of the case. If the case does not settle and it is lost at trial with the client receiving nothing, then the attorney is paid nothing. So, there really is no downside to hiring a personal injury lawyer to help you receive the full and fair compensation you deserve for your injuries. If the case is ultimately lost, there will be no money out of your pocket for fees.

These are the types of personal injury cases that we handle here at Robert Bates & Associates on a contingency fee basis:

● Wrongful death cases

● Car accidents

● Truck accidents

● Semi-truck and 18 Wheeler accidents

● Pedestrian injuries

● Bicycle accidents

● Slip and falls

● Premise liability cases

● Dog bites

● Defective products

● Medical malpractice

● Social Security Disability benefit cases

● Negligence cases

Robert BatesRobert is a Kingsport trial lawyer who handles car, truck and motorcycle wreck cases across the Tri-Cities. Every client gets his cell number.