Last week it was reported that a Clark County attorney was arrested on charges of theft and burglary.  The arrest was the result of the injury attorney misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars of his client’s money.  That means the lawyer is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of client funds.  Apparently the injury attorney took the client’s money out of his trust account.  More than likely the injury attorney received a settlement from an insurance company on behalf of the client.  Instead of paying the client and being satisfied with his fee on obtaining the settlement, the lawyer took it all.

In a recent post, I wrote about attorneys who had been paying employees at UMC for private health information in order to obtain case referrals.  There is an ongoing investigation by the FBI into the illegal activity.  The guilty injury attorneys will probably be subjected to the potential loss of their licenses to practice law.  Consider this.  If a Las Vegas injury attorney will break the law and rules governing the conduct of lawyers, what makes you think that they will not put their interests over yours?  As in this recent arrest, even to the extent of stealing the client’s settlement.

Don’t hire just any lawyer.  Be careful.  Make sure that your attorney is on your side and is not just out to line his pockets with your money.  If you do not know how to evaluate an attorney or find the right attorney for your case, contact my office.  I will send you a copy of my free book The Ultimate Consumer’s Guide to Nevada Car Crash Cases or I will send my free report, The Ten Silver Bullet Questions You Must Ask Before Hiring a Las Vegas Attorney.  Knowledge is power (and it is free).  Take the steps necessary to protect yourself and your family.  In many cases Las Vegas injury attorneys may have access to large amounts of your money.  You will trust them to negotiate the proper settlement of your case.  If the case cannot be settled, you must trust that they know how to and will properly prepare your case for trial.  If the case is settled, you trust that they will pay all of the medical bills and liens, they will pay you your share of the money, and that the case will be resolved in your favor.  You were injured once. Take the steps to make sure that you are properly taken care of after the injury and that you are not taken advantage of either by the insurance company or the lawyer.

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