7. Beware of any attorney who contacts you in writing just after you have had an accident for the sole purpose of soliciting your claim. If you are contacted “cold” it should be for the sole purpose of providing you free information that you can study in your own home on your own time, not soliciting your case.

8. Beware of any attorney who has a stable of doctors he wants to refer you to. You can tell who these attorneys are by the rack of doctors’ cards they keep in their office. Local judges have said that when an attorney makes a referral of a client to a doctor for a garden variety case, this is the ‘kiss of death’ for that case. It’s OK to get a referral to a specialist health care provider, but run from any attorney who has a stack of doctor or chiropractor cards in his office.