Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “So, will you be the attorney, specifically in regards to your office…somebody walks in, are you the attorney handling the case or does that go to somebody else? Because a lot of these larger firms, they have 20 different offices across the country, you know the guy that they’re […]
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 “It’s almost like a no-win situation if you have a prosecutor where you’ve had some previous history with…and it just carries on, and that defendant is at the whim and will of that prosecutor.“ Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “That can be true, but
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Needless to say, there’s a history there, among prosecutors. They know you’re going to be able to do it (go to trial). So in your particular situation, given your relationship with the prosecutors, when is plea bargaining most useful?“ Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Do the attorneys, on the other side, look at the value of a case after you file a lawsuit, as you just explained, simply adding their fees to the number that they previously offered? I’m thinking…’we’re going to spend another $10,000 in attorney’s fees, so we’ll just add that
Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “The other thing that’s really important to keep in mind is that in the State of Washington, a jury will never hear about the insurance company. The insurance company is never brought up in the construct of a jury trial, here in the State of
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “We’re talking about general damages now, pain and suffering. I’m going to use that McDonald’s personal injury claim for spilling the coffee on the person’s lap, for example here. I know that once the award was appealed it was lowered, but why would a jury award so much money
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Given the current state of what you see on TV, what you hear about in the news, you hear about all these civil lawsuits, these personal injury lawsuits, where the injured party gets a ton of money. I mean, you read about them almost every day. So, why do
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “That was my next question. Is a firearm enhancement always added to the charges if a weapon is used?“ Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “It is always added to the charges if a weapon is used. It is also my experience, that it’s added
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “I usually tell everybody, listen…you need to be out-of-custody because the longer this court case goes on, the better deal you may get. And that’s going to be dependent upon your attorney. But if you’re in-custody, you feel compelled, and we’ve written stories about this, you feel compelled to,
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