Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “A person gets injured. They want to hire an attorney, and their thought is…’I can’t afford an attorney’ How do you get paid?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “So, in this scenario, with a personal injury attorney, generally speaking, it’s never going to cost […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “I had a defendant call, from jail of course, and I asked him, ‘what are you charged with? Drugs?’ ‘Well, I am now telling them that it was all for my personal use!’ ‘How much were you caught with?’ ‘Well, I was caught with a lot! But it’s for
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “So, another type of practice that you handle is the fire-loss cases. It’s probably not as prevalent as personal injury cases, but it’s life-changing to the person that’s involved with this, of course. Start, maybe at the beginning, and say what type of insurance policies? Since that’s going to
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “You talk about trust, so how does an attorney establish trust? Right from the onset, let’s take you as an example…” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “Face to face contact. Face to face meeting, an in-person meeting. Being available for questions. And just generally
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “An unlimited amount of ‘cause’ disqualifications. Somebody say something like, ‘my father’s been incarcerated for 17 years’, …cause… Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “But in that scenario, that’s not enough cause.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “That isn’t?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense
Spencer Freeman – Fire Loss Attorney – Pierce County, WA “And you also want to make sure your policy limits are appropriately set. Oftentimes, those are set by your mortgage company who wants to make sure their investment is protected, and they’re really insufficient if your house burns totally down, to rebuild the house completely.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Can somebody who has been charged with a crime in the past sit on a jury pool?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “Somebody that’s been charged but not been found guilty? Yes.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Okay. But if they have been
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “How much time do you actually end up devoting to a case? Let’s say, at the beginning, the middle, the end? Is there a part of the case where you spend a lot more time?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “I think there’s a
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “You mentioned earlier, that there’s no money out-of-pocket to the client. Wouldn’t they have a question in their mind that…’If I’m not paying my attorney, how do I know the case is important to them’?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “Well, I suppose though,
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “One of the things that everybody thinks about when they walk into your office, or anybody’s office is that, ‘wait a minute, I’m injured. It’s going to take a long time…if not, I’ll be this way, I’ll have to deal with this forever. Why is that case that I
