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Part II
The Legal Process
Whether there is a case, how to choose counsel, how lawyers get paid, the long quiet middle, and how it ends. Chapters 8 and 9 are the pair most families say they wish they had read first.
- 7Do We Even Have a Case? Was this malpractice, or was it terrible luck?
- 8Finding and Choosing a Lawyer How do I tell a good birth injury firm from a good birth injury advertisement?
- 9How Lawyers Actually Get Paid, and What You Can Still ChangeBill has a financial interest What do lawyers charge, and what leverage do I still have?
- 10The Clock How long do we have?
- 11What the Next Four Years Look Like Why is nothing happening, and is that normal?
- 12The Life Care Planner, the Economist, and the Number Where does the settlement number actually come from?
- 13Mediation, Settlement, and Trial How does this end?
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