When We Are Not The Right Lawyer For You
Chances are if you are unhappy with how your Illinois Workers’ Compensation attorney is handling your case, it may be because they should not have taken on your case in the first place. Most attorneys are well-intentioned, but if they take on every case that comes in the door, they may not be serving the clients well. We will not represent everyone that comes to us, and in particular there are two scenarios where we are not the right fit for you.
1. If your injuries are minor, relatively speaking, your case is not one for us. Most minor injuries, like contusions and finger sprains, are fairly easy to treat, and also fairly easy to have the bills paid by the insurance company.
Our resources, on the other hand, are better devoted to workers with injuries that are more significant and who really need our help and our protection. These injuries are the kind that can affect a person’s health and/or employment for the rest of their lives. Taking all the proper and timely steps could be essential to their case. Our time and resources are well-placed helping people in those situations. We don’t want to be spread too thin to the point where our client is not getting what they need from us.
2. If someone wants to try to exaggerate or fake a claim, we are also not the right attorney. While most attorneys are honest and will not represent a client that they know is a liar, some attorneys don’t necessarily care about honesty.
The workers’ compensation system is so critical to helping injured workers, that it is important to try to prevent the small number of dishonest workers from casting a shadow of doubt over the whole system which is mostly good and trustworthy. We will not represent a client if we believe he or she is not being truthful. And if we discover along the way that a client is lying about something, we will not continue the representation.
By representing clients that we trust, and who are trusting us to help them through a serious and difficult time in their lives, we are able to form the most successful partnership together in pursuing their workers’ compensation cases. Also, if we (or any other lawyer) represents a liar and gets the reputation for helping clients who aren't honest, it will hurt the clients who really are injured and need help.
Please don't let this post discourage you from contacting us. We just want to be clear that we won't take every case and that it is for the benefit of the clients we do represent.
We are workers' compensation attorneys that help people with Illinois work injuries anywhere in IL via our statewide network of attorneys. Contact us and we will answer your questions or find the right lawyer for your situation.
