What to Expect In Our First Personal Injury Meeting
Personal Injury Lawyers In Phoenix, AZ
Most people are unaware of the comprehensive information needed to properly investigate and prosecute a catastrophic personal injury claim. The process of collecting that information should begin before your first meeting with our attorneys and staff.
You should bring to our first meeting all available medical records, prescription receipts, medical bills, pertinent photographs, and a list of all healthcare providers who treated you both before and after the incident. This list should include physicians, nurse practitioners, hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care centers, providers of diagnostic services such as MRIs, CT-scans, and medical laboratories, and pharmacies where prescriptions have been filled. Available tax returns for the past five years should also be collected and brought to the meeting, along with a list of your employers over the past 10 years.
At the initial meeting, you should be prepared to discuss the event that caused your injury, your past medical history, your work history, and how the injury-causing event has affected your life. This information will be discovered by defense counsel during the litigation. Consequently, it is critical that we obtain a complete picture of your life and background, both before and after the incident.
During the initial meeting, we will explain the comprehensive process we will undertake to investigate your claim prior to filing a lawsuit. That process generally includes reviewing medical records, employment records, and tax returns; conducting medical and other research; and securing the necessary experts to review those materials and provide us with the necessary opinions to support your claim.
Because the process of collecting important records, locating experts, and having experts review records and provide preliminary opinions takes several weeks, and frequently months, it is very important that you not delay in making an appointment with an Arizona Accident Attorney at the law offices of Snyder & Wenner, P.C.
