The first question most clients ask when walking into the office of a " target="_self" personal injury attorney is, “What is a personal injury attorney?” Most people think of sharks and black widows when they think about lawyers, comparing them to the hot shot criminal attorneys that do their best work behind a table. Most attorneys, particularly personal injury attorneys, are slightly less profitable but derive a great deal of satisfaction from their job-which is working with others one on one to help them fight for the compensation they deserve.

Your " target="_self" personal injury attorney will work with you to determine the damages suffered as a result of the accident (financial and mental as well as physical) and to draw up a settlement that will reimburse you for these damages. This is where many clients become confused, because they are unaware of what type of compensation they may be entitled to. For example, if they walked away from the accident with barely a scratch on them but have needed counseling to help them leave their nightmares behind, they may be entitled to compensation for their treatment. Not all damages show.

If you have been injured or are the accident of a wrongful death, you may be entitled to compensation for:

Your medical bills. If you’ve been seriously injured in an accident you probably have some rather exorbitant medical bills. Good medical care is extremely costly, and a full recovery could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, even with insurance-hundreds of thousands of dollars that your personal injury attorney can help you receive compensation for.

Necessary rehabilitative therapy. Like your primary healthcare, good therapy is very costly to come by-yet vital for your full recovery. You may be entitled to compensation for these expenses, because your finances should never hold you back from seeking the care you need.

Lost wages. The hardest part for many people isn’t the injury, or even the cost of medical care and therapy. It’s trying to survive and support their family without an income. This consideration drives people back to work long before they’re ready, turning what should have been a temporary disability into a lifetime of misery.

Pain and suffering. No settlement is ever going to take away the months of pain and misery you suffer when you are injured in an accident, but your personal injury attorney can help you to recoup some compensation for this to give you the financial resources you need to leave it all behind.

What type of compensation you may eligible varies from case to case. If you’ve been injured, consult with a personal injury attorney and find out what type of compensation you’re entitled to.