Best Illinois Personal Injury Lawyer Near Me

Since 2001 we have been helping people find the best Illinois personal injury lawyer for their case. Read on to see how we determine that or contact us at 312-346-5320 if you’d like a free consultation or attorney referral.

When people reach out to us to get help finding a personal injury lawyer, they often, understandably, ask us something like, “Who’s the best car accident lawyer near me?” It’s a sensible question. You should want the best one. That can be hard to figure out since there are so many out there. That’s where we come in.

Any time we recommend a lawyer to you, it’s the same person we’d suggest to a family member or friend in the same situation. There is no one size fits all “best” firm, but rather it’s your unique case facts that help us determine who is best for you. And by that we mean who is likely to get you the best possible result.

An attorney who regularly handles multi million dollar value cases isn’t the right choice for someone who has a case where the insurance limits are $100,000.00. On the other hand, while every attorney will tell you that they can handle a trucking crash case that could be worth millions of dollars, the reality is that very few firms have a track record of success. These better firms simply make the cases they handle worth more money. In other words, a case that might settle for $5 million with one firm could be worth $20 million with a better firm. We want you to get the most money possible!

Part of knowing who the best is requires you to understand who you shouldn’t hire. While these people can handle a case, we don’t recommend them. This list includes:

• Very young lawyers. We never recommend an injury attorney with less than ten years experience.
• Attorneys who dabble in injury cases. If the lawyer is handling slip and falls and divorce and traffic tickets they are too much of a dabbler for us. You want someone with a narrow practice focus.
• The main lawyers in the firm are out of state and not licensed in Illinois. There are a lot of nation wide firms that advertise a lot. Our opinion is that those people should be avoided. We get a lot of calls from their unhappy clients.
• Someone who is overwhelmed with cases. If they can’t return phone calls in a timely manner, they are probably not paying enough attention to your case.
• Firms that mostly hire young lawyers. Even if you think you hired an experienced attorney, if they are having a young one do all the work because they are cheap, that’s potentially bad for you.
• Someone who doesn’t take cases to trial. Not every case can settle for a fair amount. If your lawyer is not willing to go to trial you will often end up with less than you deserve.

In one case we were consulted on, an inexperienced Illinois accident attorney settled a trucking death case for $500,000 when it could have been worth millions. We don’t want that to happen to you.

We will also consider any needs you have like someone close to you, a foreign language speaker or anything else that makes you more comfortable. If you’d like to discuss a case and get our opinion, please call any time at 312-346-5320. We cover all of Illinois.