When it comes to relationships, there has to be an emotional connection and a spark if they are to work out. Since you enter into a professional and human relationship whenever you hire a personal injury lawyer, the same concept applies. There are times when the relationship just doesn’t work out. In this instance, you may be wondering if you can fire your personal injury lawyer. Well, read this article to find out what the answer is.

If you fire one personal injury lawyer and hire an even better one, your chances of winning a settlement increase dramatically. However, this action does have its own consequences. You should know that you can fire your personal injury lawyer in Cathedral City at any time. However, this may not always be a great idea. Before you do decide to fire your personal injury lawyer, you should consider the following factors.

● You don’t communicate with your lawyer at all – you may be frustrated if you repeatedly email, call, and send snail mail to your personal injury lawyer but never receive any responses. Many other clients have been in that situation as well. Since a lack of communication could drastically affect the outcome of your case or claim and your ability to obtain any settlement from the defendant, you should definitely fire your lawyer.
● Your case or claim makes no progress – there is no progression in your case from the day you and your lawyer started drafting it. What compounds this frustrating fact in many instances is that your lawyer can’t provide you with a logical or an acceptable reason as to why this is the case.
● You and your lawyer just don’t click – there is no ‘good chemistry’ between the two of you in this instance.
● You and your lawyer don’t see ‘eye to eye’ – a good example would be if you want to settle out of court but your lawyer wants you to go to trial with your case.
● Your lawyer either doesn’t know anything about your case or has no experience/insight into the best ways to resolve your case and win you a settlement.
● Your lawyer does unethical and sometimes even fraudulent things
● The lawyer consistently misses deadlines
● Your lawyer is not completely transparent and/or honest with you regarding the case or claim
● Your lawyer offers you no help during the ‘discovery’ period – good examples can be your lawyer’s refusal to help you satisfactorily answer the written questions the defendant’s lawyer will ask you, or your lawyer’s refusal to help you get ready for your personal injury deposition.

You have two choices in any of these instances. You can either talk to your lawyer, figure out what his or her issues are with your case or claim, and try to remedy the situation in your favor from there. You can also simply fire your lawyer and tell him or her that ‘things are over between the two of you!’ just remember to do this well before your trial date has been set. Keep in mind that the judge will generally not let you fire your lawyer either right before or during your trial.

The possible outcome of your case

You’ll still have to pay your lawyer for his or her time and efforts in your case or claim even if you do fire him or her. However, since you (probably) have a contingency fee arrangement with him or her, the money to pay him or her will come out of your final settlement. Most secondary lawyers agree to give the first lawyer ⅓ of the settlement amount that they get. However, if the secondary lawyer refuses to do this, expect to see the two lawyers sue each other in court over it. As is evident, firing your personal injury lawyer may actually help you win your personal injury case or claim.