How We Help Gather Your Case Evidence

As an attorney, I would never expect a client to come to me completely understanding the legal process, what their obligations are, where to find the answers to their questions. That’s our job as counsel, along with our staff of paralegals, legal assistants, medical experts, to help the client understand the information we need and where to look for it. Often, as your attorneys, we will order your medical records. We will order your insurance files. We will ask you the questions we need so that we can go out and do the work for you. We don’t expect the client to understand evidentiary obligations or where they’re going to find their information. That’s our job. Will there be homework? Yes, there will be homework that we will need your help finding that information. But the reality is it’s the attorney’s job to help the clients understand the information needed, where to look for it, and how to find it when it’s not easy to find. People often ask, I don’t have records for that. I didn’t keep receipts. I didn’t keep medical records. I don’t know where I purchased that medicine five years ago, ten years ago, fifteen years ago. That’s normal. I don’t have receipts for that stuff either. But the reality is there are ways to find that information. Pharmaceutical records are often kept for a substantial number of years. Insurance records are often available. It’s our job as your attorney to help you locate that information that you most likely are not going to have readily available to you.