The Trickiest Part of Being a Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Every profession has its own ups and downs. You cannot judge a profession by the perks it provides you or by the affliction it brings in. Ultimately it is your own calling to like a kind of profession which will help you earn your bread and butter. Being a medical malpractice lawyer also comes with its own disadvantages. No matter how fulfilling it is to be a lawyer, you just cannot ignore the tough days at job and not fume about it.

When a client comes up with a complaint about medical malpractice, there always remains a doubt hanging from the ceiling. If the client is desperate enough, his initial enquiry would be about the sum of money he should receive at the end of the trial.

Deciding the value of such case is a tough nut to crack for a medical malpractice attorney. If you commit to get your client a particular sum of money, you are surely doing a big no-no. Almost all medical malpractice lawsuits are filed on a contingency fee basis. In this kind of agreement the lawyer receives a share of the recovered amount.

But suiting this kind of case comes with heavy expenditure. In most of the cases the costs can touch $50K. If the value of the case is $150,000 and lawyer’s fee is one third, than there are chances that you might end up getting paid more than your client. This may bring temporary cash flow, but having an unsatisfied client is not what a long term lawyer would want.

More interesting fact is that, in many cases the clients remain under misconception that their client died because some mistake of a doctor. But after consulting an expert it turns out that, which is not the case. Now it becomes very critical even for a best medical malpractice law firm to break the news to the client.


 © Santanu Changmai