When you're a good Memphis personal injury lawyer you get lots of phone calls and there are a lot of decisions that have to be made concerning what type of cases you should take on and dedicate your time to, and which ones you should turn down.
We're not like most other Tennessee or Mississippi law firms. Our accident and injury cases are NOT handled primarily by paralegals or assistants. Instead, each and every one of my firm's cases is handled and overseen by me, with the help of my associate attorney Chris.. We don't attempt, nor do we want, to take on every potential case and client who walks in or calls our office. Because of this it's extremely important that we make sure we spend our time working only on the most serious accident cases and lawsuits.
It's important to know this because each and every day we get calls from throughout Memphis and the rest of Tennessee and Mississippi from people wanting us to represent them. Unfortunately we don't have the time to accept each and every one of these potential clients. So when you call or email our office and want us to represent you in your lawsuit please have the following information available:
- When did the car wreck, truck accident, dog bite or slip and fall occur?
- Mississippi and Tennessee both have a statute of limitations that limit the amount of time you have to file a lawsuit after an accident or injury occured. In Tennessee that time is one year, and in Mississippi that time limit is two years. If you have procrastinated and decided to wait and try to file your claim a few weeks before the statue of limitations run we're sorry but we will not take your case.
- What type of damage did you suffer in the accident?
- Before we will take your case there must be some type of injury or damage to you and your body. This means you must be suffering some type of bodily injury that has caused you to go to the doctor or hospital or that makes you need to go to the hospital or doctor. Damage to your car or property alone is not enough for us to take your case.
- Did another attorney already start work on your case and now you want to use us?
- We will not accept any cases where another attorney has already been contracted by you to work on your accident case, even if you aren't happy with them and would like us to take over. When someone else has already been involved in your case it is too difficult for us to know what has already occurred and what hasn't. We will not walk into problems that someone else may have created. It takes too much time away from our current client's cases. If you were our client you wouldn't want us to take time away from your case to try and solve the problems another attorney created on someone else's case would you?
- Do you feel your case is ethical?
- Here at my firm we use the golden rule to guide us; "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you?" - Matthew 7:12. Use your morals before giving us a call. If your case is based on loose facts and evidence, and even looser morals turn to the back of the phone book and call one of those guys. We will not take your case. But If you've been seriously injured because of the true negligence of someone else, we are here to help you, and we will fight till the end to make sure that you absolutely get everything you deserve. There is no gray area for us here.
By giving us this information we'll be able to quickly let you know whether or not your case is a good match for us. So when you call or email us be ready, it'll help both of us move much quicker to getting your accident case resolved.
To learn more about the cases that we accept and those that we don't, and to learn more about how to make sure you get properly reimbursed for your accident injuries request our free book HERE, or call our office at 1-888-GET-JAMI.
