{"id":393,"date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-to-ask-before-hiring-a-medical-malpractice-attorney\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:28","slug":"what-to-ask-before-hiring-a-medical-malpractice-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-to-ask-before-hiring-a-medical-malpractice-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"What to ask before hiring a medical malpractice attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been injured or sickened by a doctor or mistreated by hospital staff, your recovery should be your highest priority. However, negligent physicians and hospitals should be held accountable for the actions (or inaction) and a medical malpractice lawsuit may be necessary to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, most people do not have any experience in hiring an attorney, and often seek referrals because of the confusion that open solicitations may present. But to pick the right law firm for your needs, it is important to ask questions. This post will highlight a few important ones that can help in determining which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/medical-malpractice.html\">law firm<\/a> is right for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you start handling malpractice cases? &#8211; <\/strong>Just as a potential jury will be interested in hearing your story, you should be interested in your attorney&#8217;s story as well. When asking about how he or she started handling malpractice cases, the attorney should be able to discuss his or her background and experience, and make you feel that he or she is experienced and capable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-to-ask-before-hiring-a-medical-malpractice-attorney\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What to ask before hiring a medical malpractice attorney\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been injured or sickened by a doctor or mistreated by hospital staff, your recovery should be your highest priority. However, negligent physicians and hospitals should be held accountable for the actions (or inaction) and a medical malpractice lawsuit may be necessary to achieve this. Nevertheless, most people do not have any experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to ask before hiring a medical malpractice attorney &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 12, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What to ask before hiring a medical malpractice attorney - Medical Malpractice - 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-ask-before-hiring-a-medical-malpractice-attorney\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What to ask before hiring a medical malpractice attorney &#8212; 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