{"id":1826,"date":"2016-11-04T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T17:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:45:56","slug":"lawyer-wishes-knew-cannot-take-every-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/articles\/lawyer-wishes-knew-cannot-take-every-case\/","title":{"rendered":"What your Lawyer Wishes you Knew: We Cannot Take Every Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1833 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15151598439_95c355f695_b.jpg\" alt=\"Files\" width=\"949\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15151598439_95c355f695_b.jpg 949w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15151598439_95c355f695_b-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15151598439_95c355f695_b-768x124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15151598439_95c355f695_b-700x113.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Cannot Take Every Case.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People contact us with a dilemma or a legal problem that is troubling them. \u00a0It may have resulted in a physical injury, a loss of money, or some other harm. \u00a0Unfortunately, we cannot take every potential client that contacts us. \u00a0There are many things we must consider when accepting a case: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is this an area of law in which we practice? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was someone harmed as a result of the negligence of another person or entity? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there any money (or sufficient money) available to compensate the person? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there enough time left in order to pursue their claim or has the time to do so expired? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the harm large enough to merit the expense and risk of a lengthy lawsuit? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are we the right lawyers for the job for this potential client? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the case going to be too risky and too expensive to pursue so that the potential client may not be fairly compensated or satisfied with the result? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are NO \u201copen and shut cases.\u201d \u00a0The law is far more complex than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many lawyers might take your case, only to tell you much later that they can\u2019t continue to represent you, often for a failure of one of the reasons above. \u00a0At Nelson Boyd, when we accept your case, we intend to remain with you until the end. \u00a0For that reason, we have to make sure that the cases we take are ones where we can make a positive and meaningful difference in people\u2019s lives. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, not every harm that a person suffers requires a lawyer or can benefit from a lawsuit. \u00a0It is our job to determine which ones do.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[114,34,38,118,75,98,253],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}