Do I Need a Lawyer After a Car Accident-Kelly Law Team

- We're with John Kelly,  John Kelly's a personal injury
attorney in Phoenix, Arizona,  and he's agreed to answer
some online questions for us. A specific question was,  "John, do I need to hire a
lawyer after a car accident?"    - Thank you Ryan
  for the question. You know, there's a good reason
that people need to at least   call an attorney
 up and talk to them  about their accident.    You know, any time
  someone's in an accident,    they're stressed out, they
  are injured, potentially,   they have medical expenses, they have doctor's appointments,  and, to worry about the legal
aspect of making a claim  is not necessarily on
the top of their list, but, to be honest,
sometimes it should be.

 And attorneys, you know,
 if you get a good attorney,    they're not gonna
  be pressuring you, they're not gonna make
you come in immediately,    they're not gonna tell you
  that you have to sign away    your potential settlement.  They're gonna sit down
with you and tell you,    "Here's what you're
  facing, here's some ideas  of what you might want
to do moving forward."    For most personal
  injury attorneys,    that initial consultation, completely free,   don't have to worry about
 putting down money for that.   So it's no pressure.  You come in, you
speak to an attorney,   sits down with you and
 makes you feel comfortable, and talks you and walks
you through the process,   and tells you what you need
 to know, moving forward.

Now, most attorneys
will tell you, "Look,  there is a lot of
hiccups that come with  these kind of cases,
you may wanna consider   hiring an attorney, because
 these insurance companies    aren't necessarily
  your best friend.  They may want to get a
statement from you right away,   they may want to try
 to settle your claim    as soon as possible, and
  send you a check and say,    "Look, sign off on
  your settlement," before you even know
what your injuries are,  so that's, you know,
a dangerous situation,  and you don't want
to fall prey to that.   So, I would suggest
 that anyone that    has this type of
  situation at least   call an attorney, tell them
 the facts of your case,  walk them through it.   Most attorneys will take the
 time to sit down with you   and say, "Look, here's what
 I think about your case,  here's your potential
issues moving forward,  here's some things you can do    to make sure that you're
  not losing your direction   moving forward and
 can potentially make
 a good claim here,  and get a settlement."  So, if you have
those kind of issues,  you can call my firm,  and most attorneys
will do that for you.

 - Excellent. Well thanks for your time, John.    If you have any additional
  questions for John, just go down to the
comments section below.   He typically answers those,
 usually within 24 hours  on work days, so just
post your questions,   and thanks again
 for your time, John.

 - Thank you..