A very common practice among just about every industry is utilizing a third-party marketing firm. These organizations target their focus on customer acquisition, spending the majority of their funds on advertising in an attempt to gather potential customer information. For example, Amazon is more of a marketing company. Obviously, they do not produce, create, or manufacture the items they sell. They do, however, a fine job of providing a place for potential customers to gather and potentially purchase someone’s product or service.
You need to be aware that when you search the Internet, or jot down an attorney’s information you saw on television, that there is a high likelihood they are a marketing firm, or a law firm acting strictly in a marketing role.
So how does this work? The attorney firms who employ this practice will do an initial screening, and then pass on the client’s information to another attorney who will actually handle the litigation. This is the person who will go to court with you. The first individual will receive a cut of the financial verdict or settlement you are awarded, and most likely not actually do much, if any, work on your case.
It is important you are aware that this practice exists, and is well-accepted in most industries, including the legal field. Ethically there is nothing wrong with it, but you want to know up front the firm you are speaking to is going to be there for the entire process. After all, you deserve to know which mesothelioma attorney is ultimately going to work on your case. And more importantly, you deserve a firm that has proven expertise and a successful track record with mesothelioma lawsuits.
It is fair, and even expected of potential clients, to ask questions like: “If I hire you, are you going to ‘associate’ with other attorneys or another law firm? Have you personally handled any mesothelioma cases in the courtroom to verdict? Will you ‘refer’ my case to another firm?” You should know if you are actually hiring a mesothelioma attorney who will handle your case, or simply refer you to another law firm.
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