What happens during my first conversation with you?

So, what can you expect having your first conversation after an accident with a personal injury attorney, particularly me, because we all are our own little weird anal retentive idiosyncratic beasts, so we all handle things a little bit differently, but you can generally assume, my GPS talking of course, you can assume there are going to be a couple of basics that you're going to go over. You're going to go over what happened, who was involved, if, when it happened, where it happened, how it happened, you're going to go over your injuries, what's going on with you, depending on the attorney, they may handle the property damage portion of your claim as well and help you with that. I know I do that for some of my clients, so they may talk to you about your vehicle or your motorcycle or whatever was involved in the accident and what's going on with that. They're going to ask you probably about your health insurance and what health insurance you have because that's going to make a big difference in how the claim is handled. They're also going to ask you about your auto insurance because at least in Virginia, most people have underinsured or uninsured motorist provisions. And once the liability policy is exhausted, if our person still, if our client is still owed some compensation, then we flip over to their coverage under their own policy. So those are the basic foundational questions and some of the information that an attorney is going to ask on the first meeting, just to figure out the best way to get the case started and appropriate next steps.

So what can you expect during your first meeting with me? We'll start with your story. I want to hear about you. I want to hear about your side of the story about the incident question. I want to know your vision of events because every single case is unique and it's unique to that individual. So I to get to know you and how you present your case to me. Next I explain the legal side of things. So I'll explain the charges, the possible penalties, what happens at your first court appearance just so you're not confused by any legal jargon. So everything is clear and concise and you feel more confident going into that first appearance because what to expect. Then we go over my retainer agreement so you understand what the fees are and how we're gonna work together and what exactly is covered by the agreement in question. And by the end of our meeting I want you to leave knowing exactly what to expect out of your case, what the next steps are, how long everything is gonna take. So my goal for that meeting is to support you both personally and legally so that you feel the most comfortable and the most confident knowing that you've hired somebody that's on your side. I to leave the ending open for questions as many questions as you would. I don't to set a time limit on these meetings as much as I can control just because every case deserves its credence. You deserve your time to explain your side of the story so that you feel heard and that's very important to me. So that's what you can expect from our first meeting.

During your first conversation with me, I will get some preliminary information from you. As a tech and cyber law attorney, I will ask that you talk me through the timeline of what's been going on, mostly focusing also on some of the newer offenses to make sure there's no statute of limitations issue and that you still can bring a claim forward. I will definitely jump in and interrupt, but you will be starting to give me a timeline of what's been occurring, and I will then guide you, tell you what is relevant, ask you about what might be more relevant to your case. And something I to say as a tech and cyber crime attorney is, don't give me your conclusions. Give me just the facts and information on the paper trail, right? Sometimes I'll have a conversation with someone and they'll say, I was hacked or I was cyber harassed. The issue is I built a team that really focuses on these issues and we are ourselves tech savvy. We want to come to us with conclusions without citing why you came to that conclusion yourself. And for us, for example, as an attorney, I can't go to a judge and say, your honor, my client has been hacked. I have to give the proof and the evidence and I have to know, are you at a point in your stage where you have all necessary proof and evidence for us to move forward? Do we have to help you act in a way to seek that evidence that's necessary? And if so, how and where? Is that something that we do as well? Even if there's an anonymous online act or no worries, there are ways to seek information there. But instead of telling me I was hacked, I'm going to ask that you instead give me the facts on the paper trail. On blank day, I got a two-factor authentication notification that someone was trying to log into my account. Yes, I have that screenshotted for you. On blank day, I got a phishing text and authorization and noticed that someone had logged into one of my accounts. On blank day, I saw that someone was remotely accessing my computer because I got a notification that popped up on my computer asking for my consent for them to do so and I myself never set off that notification. So give me the facts and then we will also help you come to the conclusion. So we'll talk through a bit about the timeline and then I'll give you an idea of what deliverables I think might be necessary, what might be helpful. I might ask you a bit about the offender if about the offender because psychology always plays a role. Obviously, if the offender in your case, more than we do and we never want to put a client in a potentially unsafe situation by going into things blindly or treating your case as if it's not a unique case. This is not one size fits all. We consider all the facts and then we determine the best way to proceed forward with your case. And after, you might get a letter of engagement from us and if you sign it and do what the instructions are asked of you to do, we can proceed forward with your case and start working with you promptly.