How Much Does it Cost to Speak With an Attorney?

This video features Merrida Coxwell, a Personal Injury attorney based in Mississippi.

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After an injury, the last thing you probably want to worry about is money, and the idea of hiring a lawyer may be daunting. You may be wondering: how much does it cost to speak with an attorney? Good news: most injury lawyers offer free, no-obligation consultations and work on contingency of success.

Merrida Coxwell is a personal injury attorney and managing partner at Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, based in Jackson, Mississippi. In this Quick Question, he explains his firm’s policy on providing free consultations.

To learn more, contact the attorney directly by calling 888-592-5505 or by submitting a contact form on this page. The consultation is free and confidential, and you owe no out-of-pocket attorney fees.

Most personal injury attorneys offer free consultations in their field.

Coxwell, like the other attorneys at his firm Coxwell & Associates and many other personal injury attorneys across the field, offers free consultations to potential clients. This means if you’re not sure whether you have a case, if it’s worth it to pursue your case, or what might go into filing a personal injury lawsuit, your questions can be answered for free.

You must request a consultation from an attorney who works in the area of law representative of your claim in order to get a consultation, so it’s a good idea to explore a law firm’s website and see what kind of cases they handle before contacting them.

Most personal injury attorneys are paid on contingency.

Now that you know consultations for personal injury claims are usually free, you may wonder about the actual cost of retaining an attorney to represent your case. If your claim falls into the field of personal injury, you’re in luck once again. Most personal injury attorneys work on a contingency fee basis, which means you won’t be required to pay any fees until the end of your lawsuit, and that’s only assuming they win your case. If a personal injury attorney wins your case, only then will they be paid a previously agreed upon percentage of that compensation. If your attorney is unable to recover or win compensation for your case, you will not be required to pay them anything in attorney fees. There is no financial risk to meet with an attorney or file a lawsuit.

If a personal injury attorney does not practice in your field, they may help you find a lawyer who does.

It is possible you may contact an attorney who doesn’t represent the field your case falls into. If this happens, some lawyers, like those at Coxwell’s firm, will help refer you to a lawyer who does represent your field, and can offer the skill and experience you need to make your case as strong as possible.

Trusted law firms receive many consultation requests, so it’s understandable that they need to limit their consultations to only those that fall under their area of practice. You should be able to tell what types of law an attorney practices based on their firm’s website, but if it is still unclear you can always contact them for clarification before requesting a consultation.

To learn more, contact Merrida Coxwell directly by calling 888-592-5505 or by submitting a contact form on this page. The consultation is free and confidential, and you owe no out-of-pocket attorney fees.

Video Transcript:

Rob Rosenthal:
Do you have any idea how much it costs to talk to a personal injury attorney? In this AskTheLawyers.com Quick Question, we asked Mississippi attorney Merrida Coxwell. Well, we don’t have an initial consultation charge.
Merrida Coxwell:
We do limit our consultations. We make sure that it is in an area where we practice at Coxwell and Associates. We only handle personal injury and crash cases, whether they be product liability, or automobile accidents. And then we do criminal defense. Those are the areas we practice. So we will offer free consultations in those areas. But if it’s an area outside of what we practice, we try to help that individual find a lawyer who meets their needs.

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