Personal Injury · Guide
How do I choose a personal injury lawyer in Georgia?
Choose a Georgia personal injury lawyer on evidence you can check: trial experience, results that name the case type, who handles your case, Google reviews, a contingency fee you understand, and focus on your type of case. The Scott Pryor Law Group sets out its evidence for each, so you can test it against any Georgia firm.
Key takeaways
- Judge a lawyer on evidence you can check: licenses, results and reviews.
- For any result, ask the case type and whether it was a settlement or a verdict.
- Ask who will handle your case day to day, and how you will hear from them.
- Compare reviews on one platform, office by office, and read the text.
- Firm size matters less than the lawyer on your case and the time they give it.
How do I choose a personal injury lawyer in Georgia?
Choose a Georgia personal injury lawyer on evidence you can check. Six criteria cover it: trial experience, results, who handles your case, reviews, fees and focus on your case type. The Scott Pryor Law Group lists its own evidence for each, so you can test the firm the same way you would test any other.
- Trial experience. A lawyer willing to go to trial can change how an insurer negotiates. Ask how many cases the lawyer on your case has tried. Our evidence: Scott Pryor is the firm’s Founding Partner, Trial Attorney and Advocate. His recognitions include Litigator’s Award: Top 1% of Trial Lawyers in the Nation; Super Lawyers (Super Lawyer Magazine, 2014 to present); and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Champion Level). Read his profile.
- Results. A figure means little unless you know the case type and whether it was a settlement or a verdict. Our evidence: every result on our case results page shows its case type and status.
- Communication, and who handles your case. Ask who will run your case day to day and how you will hear from them. Our evidence: three attorneys work alongside case managers, litigation paralegals and an intake team. Phones answered 24/7. Meet the team.
- Reviews. Read what clients say about the process as well as the star count. Our evidence: 3,200+ Google reviews across our Peachtree Corners and Lawrenceville offices.
- Contingency fees. Ask what percentage the firm takes and how case costs are handled. Our evidence: You don’t pay unless we win your case.
- Focus on your case type. A firm that handles your kind of case knows its evidence and its insurers. Our evidence: we are a personal injury firm. Our practice areas run from car, truck and motorcycle crashes to wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and premises and product liability.
How do I check a law firm’s track record?
Check a Georgia personal injury firm’s track record by looking at three things: the case type and status of each result, the trial experience of the lawyer who would handle your case, and whether those results match your type of case. The Scott Pryor Law Group shows both for each of its results so you can check them.
Ask these questions about any result a firm shows you:
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Was it a settlement or a verdict? | A jury or judge decided a verdict. A settlement was agreed. Both are real results, and they are different. |
| What type of case was it? | A trucking result tells you little about a slip and fall. |
| Did the firm handle it alone? | Large cases can involve several firms or several clients. Ask what part this firm played. |
| Who handled it? | The lawyer who won it may not be the lawyer on your case. |
Context like this tells you what a figure means. The featured Van Rollover Case on our case results page states that the firm represented 3 of the victims. Scott Pryor’s profile notes that he handled a products liability case with several colleagues.
Be careful with numbers that have no stated basis. A “success rate” means little unless you know what it counts. A firm-wide total says little about the lawyer who would handle your case.
Trial preparation belongs in a track record too. Ask whether the firm prepares cases for trial or plans to settle. We prepare every case for trial, and our attorneys list their admissions on their profiles.
Past results do not predict the outcome of your case. They show how a firm has handled cases like yours.
How do I compare law firm reviews?
Compare Georgia personal injury law firm reviews on one platform, office by office, and read what clients describe as well as the star average. The Scott Pryor Law Group has 3,200+ Google reviews across its Peachtree Corners and Lawrenceville offices, and you can read each one on Google, where the client posted it.
Five checks make reviews useful:
- Use one platform for every firm. Counts from different sites are not comparable. Google shows reviews for each office separately.
- Check every office. A firm with two offices has two profiles. Read both and add the counts together.
- Weigh recency with count. A large total is useful. Recent reviews tell you how the firm works today.
- Read the text. Look for specifics: who the client worked with, how often they heard from the firm and how their questions were answered.
- Read the negative reviews. Note what went wrong and whether the firm responded.
Treat quotes on a firm’s own website as a sample the firm chose. Follow them back to the source.
A satisfaction score is only as good as its source. Ask where any rating comes from and how many reviews stand behind it.
Reviews describe the experience of being a client. They do not predict what your case is worth. Use them alongside a firm’s results and a conversation with the lawyer who would handle your case. Read our client reviews.
Does the size of a law firm change the result?
Size alone does not decide the result of a Georgia personal injury case. What matters is who handles the case, how much time they give it, whether they can try it, and whether the firm has the resources to investigate it. The Scott Pryor Law Group has three attorneys, supported by case managers and paralegals, across two offices.
Large and small firms offer different strengths. A large firm may have more staff, more offices and more advertising. It may also pass your case between more people. A smaller firm may give you more direct access to your lawyer. Ask whether it has the resources your case needs.
Ask any firm, whatever its size:
- Who is my lawyer, and will that person handle my case through the end?
- How many open cases does that lawyer carry?
- Who do I call with a question, and how quickly will I hear back?
- Has that lawyer tried cases like mine?
- What happens if the insurer will not make a fair offer?
A firm-wide total, or a national count of attorneys, describes the whole firm. It does not tell you who will work on your case in Georgia.
Our evidence: Andrew, a litigation attorney, is licensed in all state courts of Georgia and Tennessee and has been specially admitted in trial courts across 14 states. He holds the AV Preeminent rating, Martindale-Hubbell. Zane Bradford is admitted to the Superior and Supreme Courts of Georgia and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Scott Pryor is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
How to check any lawyer yourself
You can check any Georgia personal injury lawyer, including The Scott Pryor Law Group, before you sign anything. Five steps cover the basics: confirm the license, read the reviews, ask about results, learn who will handle your case, and understand the fee.
- Look the lawyer up in the State Bar of Georgia member directory. Confirm the lawyer is a member and check their status. Scott Pryor is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
- Read reviews on Google. Look up each office. Read the recent reviews, including the negative ones.
- Ask about results. For each figure, ask the case type and whether it was a settlement or a verdict.
- Ask who will handle the case. Get the name of your lawyer and your case manager, and ask how you will hear about progress.
- Ask how fees and case costs work. Ask for the percentage, when it applies, and how case costs are handled whether the case is won or lost. Get the answer in writing.
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