Can a San Francisco Attorney Handle My Out Of State Injury Case?
From time to time I am asked if I can handle a personal injury claim for someone who lives here in the San Francisco Bay Area, but was injured in a car accident or other incident elsewhere. The answer is always yes.
Advantages to Hiring an Attorney Near Your Home
There are many advantages to hiring an attorney near home. Meeting with your attorney from time to time during a case is important. Having to travel to have an initial meeting and hire someone can be inconvenient for someone recently injured. When the injured person is asked about travel after an injury, as often happens, it will not sound good that the first trip post-injury was to seek a lawyer. By retaining someone locally, clients can have a professional find and hire any “local” counsel needed, and still have someone nearby with whom to work.
Our Firm Handles Cases Throughout the United States & Canada
Over the years, we have worked with people whose cases are in various other states, and even in Canada. If the case must go all the way to a judge or jury trial, (as happens with less than 10% of injury cases) a California lawyer can also gain special, limited admission to the local bar so that he or she can represent the client in an out-of-state court. The same principal applies to someone with a personal injury case in California, but far from the San Francisco Bay Area. Hiring someone close to home is even easier when the case is based in California, as local counsel may not even be necessary, and no special permission is needed.
Will My Case Cost More If It’s Outside California?
Personal injury cases are generally “venued” in the state where the injury occurred, or where the party at fault lives. To litigate a case outside California, local counsel are properly retained in the place where any necessary lawsuit will happen. Done properly, this will not increase the client’s fee at all.
Contact Injury Attorneys in San Francisco for Help
Contact the expert injury lawyers at Callaway & Wolf for a free consultation about your case. Callaway & Wolf have won millions for clients injured in bike accidents, dog bites, and car injury cases. Call for a free appointment with one of our trusted lawyers, or click here now.
Boone Callaway is a personal injury & medical malpractice lawyer in San Francisco who has been working with clients in the Bay Area for over 25 years. Mr. Callaway is one of only a few personal injury litigators in San Francisco who is a Super Lawyer, AV Rated and is also a member of ABOTA – American Board of Trial Advocates.
