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Personal injury (PI) law is one of the most diverse yet competitive areas of legal practice<\/a>. As an attorney, you want to stand out from your competitors and provide a valuable service, while concurrently growing your business and profit margin. An important aspect of your personal injury legal practice is client attraction and retention<\/a>. Your strongest tool for locating clients and growing your business is to start with a well-informed client intake in which you are open to the possibility of clients with many different situations and legal needs.<\/p>\n

If you are serious about perfecting your client intake process, whether from a qualified lead, a walk-in, or a billboard advertisement, the following article will provide you with key information about how to conduct a personal injury<\/a> client intake to help you discover additional PI issues that might be available to you as a practitioner. Since one legal principle that binds most of these types of cases together is the law of negligence, if you feel confident that you understand the laws of negligence in your state, you may be able to apply those principles to taking on clients in areas of law you hadn\u2019t initially considered.<\/p>\n

Importance of the First Client Contact<\/b><\/p>\n

The initial contact with a potential client<\/a> is perhaps the most crucial as it will not only set the tone for client relationship, but it will also reveal a basic amount of information which can assist you in deciding how to proceed. You (or your legal support staff<\/a>) will want to find out a number of important details such as:<\/p>\n