FAQ

Q. Can I represent myself?
A. The simple answer is "Yes." However, the real question is "should you represent yourself?" The answer to that question is more difficult to answer. Please take time to look over our top ten reasons to hire this law firm found on this site.

Q. Does it cost anything to speak to an attorney?
A. There is no charge for an initial conversation with this law firm and no charge for follow-up conversations prior to hiring us to represent you.

Q. How do I pay your firm?
A. Essentially all our clients are represented on a contingency basis which means they pay nothing unless there is a recovery.

Q. How do you charge?
A. In almost every case we work for a percentage of the settlement, verdict or judgment. We pay for court costs and other reasonable and necessary expenses and deduct these amounts from the client's portion of any recovery.

Q. I do not live close to your office. How do I hire your firm?
A. There are several ways for you to complete our paperwork and get it back to us: we can fax our forms to you, we can mail our forms to you, we can Federal Express our forms to you and you can return them by Federal Express (we pay), we can drive or fly (commercial airline or charter aircraft) to your location to visit with you, we can pay for a taxi or other land transportation to our office or we can pay to fly you to our office. Let us know if you have another idea of how we can help with transportation for you.

Q. Do I pay for long distance calls to your office?
A. No. We provide a nationwide toll-free number to our office. We will not charge you for using our toll-free number.

Q. Would I need to travel to Houston?
A. It's possible, but not likely. If it is necessary we can advance travel expenses.

Q. Are lawsuits actually necessary?
A. We try to avoid filing lawsuits when possible. In fact, our goal is to keep clients out of the litigation process.

Q. Who has the final say on cases?
A. You have the final say. We give advice and you make the decisions. If you don't want a lawsuit, we will follow your orders.

Q. What is the best way to choose an attorney?
A. As much as possible, look at the attorney's or the law firm's work. Pay attention to how they deal with you prior to being hired and check them out with their state bar association. Our work is exhibited on our website. Compare our website with other law firms. Call and talk to one of our attorneys, one of our legal assistants or with anyone in our office. Determine if our staff is respectful, and knowledgeable, and if you feel comfortable talking with them. You don't have to know anyone's name, just ask if you can talk to an attorney and do the same thing for legal assistants.