Fort Worth Personal Injury Attorney
Changing Lawyers?
Generally speaking, you have the right to change lawyers at any time for any reason, or for no reason. However, if your attorney has not violated the contract and you do not have "good cause" for the termination, then your attorney has certain rights to his fee. Before you decide to terminate your attorney, we strongly recommend that you meet personally with your attorney and try hard to work things out. You may be unhappy about your representation due to an honest misunderstanding. It could be that your attorney is willing to make certain changes in the way he/she is handling your case or dealing with you, to make the situation acceptable to you. If you and your attorney are still unable to work things out to your reasonable satisfaction, it may be time to consider changing attorneys.
We often "take over" the prosecution of a claim. We are almost always able to reach a friendly agreement with the initial attorney on a split of the fee so that it will not cost the client any additional attorney fee. If no agreement can be worked out, you may be able to get help from the Tarrant County Fee Arbitration Committee.
If you want to discuss your case with us, we would be willing to (1) evaluate your case to determine whether it is one we are willing to accept, and (2) give you our second opinion as to any issues at hand. Then, what you decide to do is up to you.