One of the first things you would have to look at is, if at all someone is to blame for the sequence of events that led to your personal injury. You would also want to find out the dollar amount you can realistically expect if you win. All of these questions will be answered at a consulting session with at least two attorneys. Let the attorneys give you a rough calculation of how much they think you'll receive. Make your own estimate at around three-fourths on the lowest calculation.

Once you have a general estimate of how much you're likely to get, you would be able to know if its worth going to court for. Your personal injury attorneys will also be able to give you advice on that although the final decision lies with you.

Once you have made the decision to pursue the case further you should then start looking around for a Washington State personal injury attorney that will best present you case in court.

If your personal injury is very serious, then the fee should not be an object, because your well-being is the most important thing. Fortunately many Washington State personal injury attorneys recognize that their clients may not be in a position to pay them straight away. Hence they are prepared to wait until the case is won.

So what you then do next is to do a search of all Washington State personal injury attorneys. Compile a list of criteria that they have to meet and put the ones who meet your criteria on a separate list. The criteria can be about what they specialize in as well as whether they charge a fee upfront. If your case is about car accidents you may want to look for attorneys that specialize in the area of car accident personal injury.

After you have done this exercise you would have a list of personal injury attorneys who are all potential candidates for your intended case.

The next thing to do is to start contacting all the Washington State personal attorneys on your list. Call them one by one and schedule appointments with each one. Only after you have seen all of them should you make a decision as to who you should pick. Don't let anyone put pressure on you to pick a specific attorney. Choose someone that you believe will represent you in the best possible way.