How to hire a reliable personal injury attorney

Hire a specialist.

Always make sure your attorney handles only Personal Injury law cases. You would not hire a probate attorney to handle a divorce or criminal matter. Personal injury cases need personal injury lawyers.

Hire an attorney in the county where you live or where the accident occurred.

Many people in the greater Bay Area and Sacramento Valley hire a personal injury attorney from Southern California. Your Personal Injury attorney must know and be familiar with the local courts and the various places that apply to your circumstances. You need to be able to see and speak with your attorney on a regular basis. Why separate yourself physically or logistically from your lawyer or your case?

Meet with an attorney before you hire him/her.

The attorneys handling your case will guide you through what could be the most significant and important event in your life. The decisions the lawyer makes will have long-term consequences for you. Why trust such decisions to a paralegal, legal assistant, or investigator? Your attorney must personally understand your case. Make sure you sit down and discuss your case in detail before you retain any lawyer.

Our practice specialties include all manner of personal injury:

  • Wrongful death
  • Auto accidents
  • Dog bites
  • Trip/slip and fall
  • Product liability
  • Fire and burn accidents
  • Boating and harbor accidents
  • Elder abuse
  • Trucking accidents
  • Bicycle and motorcycle accidents
  • Insurance bad faith

In addition to our Solano County offices in Fairfield, Vacaville, and Vallejo, Wells, Call, Clark, Bennett & Clawson has locations to serve you in Napa County, Yolo County, and Contra Costa counties. We represent clients from California and all western states.