When you’re in a car accident in Metairie, getting fair compensation needs to be a priority. If you leave the fate of your claim up to insurance companies, they may lowball you—and you may be none the wiser. Take your claim into your own hands by hiring Smiley Law Firm, which proudly serves Metairie, New Orleans, and surrounding areas.
Attorney Seth Smiley leads a team of dedicated legal professionals whose mission is justice. Call Smiley Law Firm today at (504) 788-1319 for your free, zero-risk consultation with a Metairie car accident lawyer.
Anyone negatively affected by a car accident in Metairie should consider hiring Smiley Law Firm, and this includes:
Our clients are in pain, and we provide the relief they need. Do not wait to speak with our team. We want to get you justice so you can close this chapter and move on with your life.
Clients come to us for many reasons. The stress and complexity of insurance claims are two of the most common. Dealing with insurance claims can indeed be daunting and headache-inducing, particularly when:
Smiley Law Firm makes the claims process substantially easier for our clients. We will protect you from bad faith, ensure you’ve thought through all decisions, and pursue the compensation you deserve. We will take the entire process—including the headaches—off your hands.
Insurers’ bad faith tactics are among the most common and damaging hazards to car accident survivors. We need to alert you to a few of these tactics. This way, you can protect yourself until you’ve hired Smiley Law Firm to deal with insurance companies.
Some of the ways that insurance companies advance their agendas (rather than looking out for claimants) are:
Insurers have many tactics for avoiding financial liability. Your Metairie attorney from Smiley Law Firm will ensure no bad faith tactics cut down your claim. We hold insurance companies honest to their contracts.
Smiley Law Firm focuses its resources on Metairie, New Orleans, and Mandeville. By focusing on this relatively limited geographic region, we believe we can provide our clients with the attention and legal services they deserve.
You might also be confident hiring Smiley Law Firm after your crash in Metairie because:
Our firm’s past and present are tied deeply to New Orleans, Metairie, and Mandeville. You should know that:
Our team cares about New Orleans, and we care about our clients. This will quickly become apparent once you retain us to lead your car accident case in Metairie.
Attorney Smiley was involved in a serious auto accident at an age where the collision was difficult to process. This experience has given him immense empathy for clients like you, and it helps contextualize our aggressive approach to cases like yours.
We pride ourselves on client service. When you choose Smiley Law Firm, you join a family. This means that:
The same spirit of community and brotherhood that makes New Orleans so special resonates through every interaction with Smiley Law Firm.
We can often persuade insurance companies to compensate car accident survivors fairly. That said, some cases of bad faith prevent us from securing the settlement a client deserves. In other cases, unique circumstances like an uninsured motorist (about 14 percent of drivers in Louisiana) lead us to file a lawsuit. We are always ready to sue and take the case to trial.
Free consultations are the first step towards a fair financial recovery.Call Smiley Law Firm at (504) 788-1319 and complete yours today. Do not wait; Louisiana has an uncommonly short deadline for filing car accident cases.
One more important note. Smiley Law Firm’s attorneys do not require upfront payment to complete your case. We use contingency fee agreements. If your attorney secures compensation for you, they will cover their costs through that recovery. Otherwise, you pay us nothing.
We plan to win for you, so we’re comfortable moving forward without you paying us a dollar. We know about car accidents and how to secure the compensation that survivors deserve. Allow us to make the process ahead as easy as possible. If you cannot get to our office, we will come to you for meetings. At Smiley Law Firm, we meet you where you are.
Our approach to car accident claims is as follows:
We will have a substantial list of responsibilities for you, and we want to start completing items on that list as soon as possible. Your Metariie auto accident lawyer will:
We handle communications for our clients for several reasons, which include:
When you hire us, we immediately become your representative with insurance companies and all others involved in your case.
We need to prove that one or more other people caused the accident. By doing so, we will also prove that you did not cause the collision.
Your lawyer may use a combination of video footage, witness statements, accident reports, professional testimony, and other evidence to prove who caused the accident. After proving fault, the next step is to prove who is financially liable for your accident-related damages.
Smiley Law Firm is compassionate in everything we do. We will need to prove the damages you’ve suffered because of the collision, and we will do so with the utmost concern for your privacy and well-being.
We might:
You might also choose to share your reality. Accidents can cause physical pain, emotional anguish, and other challenges that the victim is most qualified to speak about. We will use your insights when doing so will improve your case.
We need to know how much compensation you are entitled to. We will determine your case value by calculating the total cost of all your economic and non-economic damages.
Liable parties must pay you everything they owe you. Whether it’s an insurance company contractually obligated to pay or a negligent party required by law to cover the cost of their carelessness, we will pursue a fair settlement on your behalf.
Should you file a lawsuit, go to trial, or do both, Smiley Law Firm will blaze the trail through the appropriate legal venue. We are fighters, always ready to make our case in court.
This list may seem daunting to you, and it probably should be. This is quite the handful for those with little experience resolving high-stakes car accident claims. This is just our job for Attorney Smiley and his team of qualified legal professionals. We hope you will let us perform these duties so you can focus on your health.
Let us document every instance of harm that has come from your car accident in Metairie, as this may include:
We know how harmful auto accidents are. This harm only occurs when we boil it down because someone disregards the victim’s safety. We hold negligent parties accountable to ensure our clients are made whole.
Seth Smiley – Metairie Car Accident Lawyer
When our clients interact with our team, they receive the trademark New Orleans good cheer. Yet, we swap out that Mardi Gras spirit for an aggressive approach when dealing with those who owe our clients compensation.
You deserve aggressive representation from a law firm in Metairie that you can trust. Call Smiley Law Firm today at (504) 788-1319 and complete your free, no-risk consultation.
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