{"id":241,"date":"2015-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-to-expect-when-consulting-an-attorney\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:56","slug":"what-to-expect-when-consulting-an-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-to-expect-when-consulting-an-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect when consulting an attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surviving an accident is only one step in your recovery. There may be medical procedures you have to go through, rehabilitation that takes place and even repairs that may need to be done. Before all of this takes place, it may be necessary to consult an experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/car-accidents.html\">personal injury attorney<\/a> for advice and direction on how their claim can be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Before evaluating attorneys to handle your case, there a number of things to do in preparing for an initial meeting. This post will highlight a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basic personal details \u2013 <\/strong>To begin with, an attorney will want to know some basic details about you, including your employment status, what injuries you have suffered, whether you have missed time from work and whether your insurer has become involved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-to-expect-when-consulting-an-attorney\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What to expect when consulting an attorney\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surviving an accident is only one step in your recovery. There may be medical procedures you have to go through, rehabilitation that takes place and even repairs that may need to be done. Before all of this takes place, it may be necessary to consult an experienced personal injury attorney for advice and direction on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to expect when consulting an attorney &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; October 14, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What to expect when consulting an attorney - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-to-expect-when-consulting-an-attorney\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What to expect when consulting an attorney &#8212; 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