Top 10 Red Flags to Look for When Hiring a Truck Accident Lawyer

After a truck accident, you and your loved ones may be dealing with serious injuries or processing a wrongful death. Throughout this process, it is crucial to seek the help of a credible truck accident attorney to support you and help you build your case. While hiring an attorney may seem straightforward, trucking cases are too serious to trust with a lawyer that is not the right fit for you.

It is vital to do your own thorough research of lawyers before hiring one to take on your case, but it can be difficult to tell which attorney is qualified to handle a serious truck accident case. Below is a list of red flags to look out for when researching and interviewing attorneys. You can also download a print-out checklist to bring with you when meeting with attorneys here: CKF Red Flags Checklist.

Red Flags Checklist

Each of the items on this checklist can be an indicator that a lawyer lacks the qualifications, credibility, or empathy needed to handle a truck wreck case. If the attorney you are meeting with checks off even a few of these red flags, you may need to keep looking.

1. Not a board-certified lawyer.
2. Doesn’t speak regularly at trucking seminars.
3. Doesn’t write about truck accident law.
4. Doesn’t have a rapid response team.
5. Hasn’t won an award for handling trucking cases or their trial work.
6. Doesn’t have board-certified paralegals.
7. Lawyers and staff are rude.
8. Never handled a multimillion-dollar case.
9. Not peer-reviewed.
10. Doesn’t participate in investigations.

Want to Know More? Check Out These Resources

Everything in this article — and even more — is discussed at length by attorney David W. Craig in Semitruck Wreck: A Guide for Victims and Their Families and It’s Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney, available on Amazon.

Check out David’s “Red Flag” series to learn more ways to spot the wrong law firms or lawyers.

Learn more by following Craig, Kelley & Faultless on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

The attorneys at Craig, Kelley & Faultless are nationally recognized and have helped clients across the country recover from life-altering wrecks. They are prepared to fight insurance companies and motor carriers on your behalf.

Both attorneys David W. Craig and Scott A. Faultless specialize in truck accident cases and are board-certified in truck accident law by the NBTA, accredited by the American Bar Association. The firm also has a rapid response team—including investigators, reconstructionists and mechanics—that is sent to the scene of a wreck to collect evidence as soon as the firm is hired.

For a free case consultation, contact the team at Craig, Kelley & Faultless today by calling (888) 253-5198 or submitting an online form.

 

David W. Craig is a nationally recognized truck accident lawyer who sits on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. He is board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, accredited by the American Bar Association in Truck Accident Law. He is the managing partner and one of the founding partners of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC. He is recognized as a Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer and Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Indiana by the National Trial Lawyers, as well as a Top 50 Indiana lawyer by Super Lawyers. He was the recipient of the National Thurgood Marshall “Fighting for Justice” Award for his work helping victims of truck wrecks. David is the author of Semitruck Wreck: A Guide for Victims and Their Families and It’s Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney, written to help people navigate a terrible situation by answering questions that come after a tragic wreck. He also hosts the podcast After the Crash, where you can gain valuable information about the dangers involving semis and large trucks that do not follow Indiana law safety protocol regarding speed, weather conditions, maintenance upkeep, etc.