FAQs

What is a retainer agreement? By asking you to sign a retainer agreement at the initial meeting, the law firm wants to lock you up, exclusively, such that you are no longer able to speak with any other lawyer or...

New York's General Obligations Law prohibits subrogation claim by health insurers. This means your private health insurance company cannot try to enforce a subrogation claim against your settlement money. That's the good news for you, but there are exceptions to...

Do lawyers get paid if they lose? That depends. You must read the "fine print" on your retainer agreement. The retainer agreement controls your rights and responsibilities in your relationship with lawyer. Yet, incredibly, few persons read the retainer agreement!...

Until the law was changed several years ago, no family member had the right to get the decedent's medical records until an Estate representative had been appointed. The appointment of an Estate representative is a time-consuming and cumbersome task that...

It sounds crazy. When you hire the best malpractice lawyer in your town, little did you know that he was going to pass your case off to the junior associate right out of law school. You think you hired the...

It’s always possible that your doctor might make changes to your medical records once he finds out that you’re bring a case against him. Changes to the medical records to cover up a mistake are called a “CYA” or Cover...

If you think you can trust the insurance company to "do the right thing" with your case, GUESS AGAIN! Let me give a real-life example of the dishonesty of some insurance companies: Client "Y" is a 30 year old cook...

Believe it or not, some pretty unbelievable things happen at depositions (yes, this is the ugly side of the practice of law--when a judge and jurors are not watching). The rules of conduct say one thing, but oftentimes, defense lawyers...