Injury lawyer

[bezzola]

Anyone know or recommend a decent personal injury lawyer in Edmonton.

[bezzola]

Thanks for all the help and info guys.

[IGS]

Calgary yes, Edmonton nope.

[leeelmer]

For what?
Car accident?
Work place accident?
Negligent manufacturing?
Fell on ice(IE ambulance chaser type lawyer)?
Makes a huge difference in who you choose.

[Dewey Cox]

Are we going to get sued for not helping enough?

[R3illy]

Originally Posted by bezzola

Anyone know or recommend a decent personal injury lawyer in Edmonton.

I've got a friend who's used chady moustarah and company and had great results. I've got a claim that's going through mccourt law right now that's been mostly straight forward.

As its pending it's hard to say how things go as it's the results at the end that matter.

[Okotok]

Jim "the hammer" Shapiro.

[EZM]

Originally Posted by R3illy

I've got a friend who's used chady moustarah and company and had great results. I've got a claim that's going through mccourt law right now that's been mostly straight forward.

As its pending it's hard to say how things go as it's the results at the end that matter.

McCourt?

Is that like the fast food drive through type of personal injury and litigation specialist? the kind you just pull up the window for your consultation?

just teasing - couldn't help myself

[Okotok]

Originally Posted by EZM

McCourt?

Is that like the fast food drive through type of personal injury and litigation specialist? the kind you just pull up the window for your consultation?

just teasing - couldn't help myself

The lawyer takes a minimum of 50% regardless. My daughter and her friends took a limo to a New Year's party a few years back. Driver was smoking ganja. Hit a train bridge in Calgary near Inglewood because the Limo was too high. A lot of injured young people. My daughter had broken ribs, missed a lot of work, doctors, chiros etc. Settlement 5 years later was 40k with the lawyer taking over half and not working too hard for it. I had to push him hard just to finalize the damn thing. It ain't like the states for sure.

[barbless]

The lawyers are there to make the money. They will tell you we are suing for big 6 figures, draw it out over 2 yrs and they get their pay in full but you still suffer with if your lucky 1/2 that. At how much an hr.? My triple time pay don't even come close. How much time do they actually spend on your personal case is yet to be determined. Yes they have lots to search and deal with all the legalities that we have no idea about. Guess that's why insurance companies write their policies with the, 1st party of the first part and the 2nd party of the 2nd part are here to without prejudice agree to the bla bla bla
I get lost in the first paragraph part

[Who Da Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Okotok

The lawyer takes a minimum of 50% regardless. My daughter and her friends took a limo to a New Year's party a few years back. Driver was smoking ganja. Hit a train bridge in Calgary near Inglewood because the Limo was too high. A lot of injured young people. My daughter had broken ribs, missed a lot of work, doctors, chiros etc. Settlement 5 years later was 40k with the lawyer taking over half and not working too hard for it. I had to push him hard just to finalize the damn thing. It ain't like the states for sure.

Litwiniuk calgary 33%

[brslk]

Robinson LLP

If you do decide to go with Moustara, don't use Chadi, use Syd Tarrabain there.

[fishtank]

Originally Posted by brslk

Robinson LLP

If you do decide to go with Moustara, don't use Chadi, use Syd Tarrabain there.

Syd tarrabain pass away from a accident on highway 63 few year back . Most lawyer are taking 35% on car accident .

[brslk]

Originally Posted by fishtank

Syd tarrabain pass away from a accident on highway 63 few year back . Most lawyer are taking 35% on car accident .

Arg, I can't believe I still do that, I knew Syd very well. I meant Ali Tarrabain.

[R3illy]

every lawyer is in the 33% to 38% range. Factors depend on if their resolved quickly or not.

[bezzola]

It wasn't a car accident
It happened in Edmonton

Thanks for all the recommendations the wife has to start making calls on Monday.
When things are all started with the lawyers ill give more info.

[Drewski Canuck]

Originally Posted by brslk

Robinson LLP

If you do decide to go with Moustara, don't use Chadi, use Syd Tarrabain there.

THE Syd Tarrabain was a talented drug defence lawyer, who died in a head on collision some years ago.

Are you thinking of someone else???

Drewski

[brslk]

Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck

THE Syd Tarrabain was a talented drug defence lawyer, who died in a head on collision some years ago.

Are you thinking of someone else???

Drewski

Read above. He was also much more than a "drug defense lawyer".

[Drewski Canuck]

There's nothing to "read above". The bulk of his work was drug defence, and all the aspects relating to the same. Yes he did a general Criminal Defence practice, but his fame was for the Drug Defence work.

But anyway, it really does not matter. As for the fees that Personal Injury Lawyers charge on a Contingency, the simple answer is to pay the hourly rate and pay the Disbursements and Expert Reports directly to the lawyer you hire.

After 29 years of doing this work, no Client has ever offered to do that. One has to ask why? If the risk of payment and expense to secure payment is all borne by the Lawyer, then what do people expect is fair compensation?

On an hourly basis, you would find that the hourly fees would be in many cases a lot higher than the contingency fees presently charged.

Drewski

[Cement Bench]

Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck

There's nothing to "read above". The bulk of his work was drug defence, and all the aspects relating to the same. Yes he did a general Criminal Defence practice, but his fame was for the Drug Defence work.

But anyway, it really does not matter. As for the fees that Personal Injury Lawyers charge on a Contingency, the simple answer is to pay the hourly rate and pay the Disbursements and Expert Reports directly to the lawyer you hire.

After 29 years of doing this work, no Client has ever offered to do that. One has to ask why? If the risk of payment and expense to secure payment is all borne by the Lawyer, then what do people expect is fair compensation?

On an hourly basis, you would find that the hourly fees would be in many cases a lot higher than the contingency fees presently charged.

Drewski

drew ski is 100% correct, drug defense mostly but criminal law almost exclusively and I knew old Sid from the 80’s.

[brslk]

Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck

There's nothing to "read above". The bulk of his work was drug defence, and all the aspects relating to the same. Yes he did a general Criminal Defence practice, but his fame was for the Drug Defence work.

But anyway, it really does not matter. As for the fees that Personal Injury Lawyers charge on a Contingency, the simple answer is to pay the hourly rate and pay the Disbursements and Expert Reports directly to the lawyer you hire.

After 29 years of doing this work, no Client has ever offered to do that. One has to ask why? If the risk of payment and expense to secure payment is all borne by the Lawyer, then what do people expect is fair compensation?

On an hourly basis, you would find that the hourly fees would be in many cases a lot higher than the contingency fees presently charged.

Drewski

The "read above" was in reference to my saying Sid by mistake rather than Ali, which is what I meant to say. You might have seen that had you read the above. But lets not let details get in the way of your opinion.

What area of the law do you specialize in?

[Cement Bench]

Originally Posted by brslk

The "read above" was in reference to my saying Sid by mistake rather than Ali, which is what I meant to say. You might have seen that had you read the above. But lets not let details get in the way of your opinion.

What area of the law do you specialize in?

Winning and not whining

Cement Bench

[Drewski Canuck]

X2 what cement bench said.

What the buying public does not understand about PI practice, is that the "business cycle" on a PI file is anywhere from 6 months to 7 years.

Then, no money is made until the cheque is in hand.

For the big advertisers, they are spending upwards of $350,000 per year on advertising, before Office Overhead, Staff, Insurance, disbursements, etc.

There are two complaints about PI lawyers on this thread: lack of personal service, and what it costs in the end.

Sometimes the quality of the service and the personal contact is better served by a small guy who has the time to devote to the Client, as opposed to trying to settle enough files every year to make a profit.

However, the buying public does not seem to appreciate the difference between the obviously expensive big advertisers and what the small firm practitioner can deliver. All they see is the big ads and that is what draws them in.

Drewski