You are going to need to talk to an experienced medical malpractice lawyer. Medical malpractice law is a highly-specialized, very difficult area of law so make sure you speak with an attorney who has prior experience in the medical malpractice field. Below are some tips on identifying the RIGHT lawyer for you to speak with.

Before talking to any lawyer who just happens to advertise that they handle medical malpractice cases, check the lawyer and the law firm out!

I hate to say it, but many lawyers who advertise for medical malpractice cases do NOT actually handle this cases themselves and they are just looking to see if you have a case so that they can refer it to another law firm who will actually handle the case. These lawyers are just looking for a referral fee for sending your case to the other firm. While there is nothing unethical about these referral fees, most times you are much better off if you talk to the experienced firm in the first place thereby cutting out the “middle man”.

How do you determine whether the law firm actually handles medical malpractice cases? The easiest way to tell is to look at the firm’s website to see if they have any posted success stories for handling past cases. For instance, on our website, you can check out Our Results page and you will quickly see the large number of NY and PA medical malpractice cases we have successfully handled. While it may be true that past results do not guarantee future success, a long track record of successes suggests that a lawyer and their firm has a wealth of past experience to draw on in handling YOUR case.