When you get hit by falling debris from a nearby construction site and suffer an injury, chances are someone was really, really negligent. You get medical attention for your broken wrists and you are on your way to recovery in a week. But just when you thought everything was okay, your blood pressure shoots up when the nurse hands you your bill at the hospital.

Now what do you do? Simon says it's time to get a lawyer.

For some, finding a competent and trustworthy lawyer may prove to be a difficult feat. Some do not have the means, and others just do not have the will.

However, you'll be surprise at how easy and relatively effortless it is, and you can even do it at home.

According to a 2006 survey of the American Bar Association, there are currently 1,116,967 licensed lawyers in the United States. That means there is a lawyer for every 300 people in this country. You can literally bump into one just by walking downtown and you wouldn't know it.

According to this article http://www.wisegeek.com/what-percent-of-the-us-population-do-lawyers-comprise.htm, California and New York have over 100,000 practicing lawyers each, making them the most populous states in terms of attorneys.

With these facts in mind, it now becomes apparent that finding a lawyer is not as difficult as some people may think. You can even do the looking online.

Typing “injury lawyers” inside the Google search box yielded me 2,870,000 results. Now that's a lot of websites for injury lawyers. You can narrow it further by limiting the keywords to suit your case.

For example, if you live in Los Angeles County, then try typing “Los Angeles County lawyers” in the search box. If you use the Google search engine, then it will yield 7,750,000 results.

If you browse the results, you will find several websites of law firms based in Los Angeles Country. For example, http://www.pasadenalaw.com and http://www.1800painlaw.com are examples of websites of law firms that specialize in personal injury claims.

These two websites have an online free case analysis form which one can fill up in order to describe a certain personal injury they suffered. This form is also submitted online and all one has to do is wait for the answer via email or phone.

Now the next question is, are these law firms trustworthy and competent to represent your cause? Now your choice will depend on how good you do your research. My advice is browse through the website and look for signs of competence like awards of recognition and the like.

Also, try to find out how many lawyers are in a particular firm. The more lawyers in a firm, the better following the saying there is strength in numbers.

Lawyers and law firms alike have seen the significance of advertising their services through the internet and this may explain the growing number of legal services being made available online. This way, a person can consult as many law firms as he or she can just by logging online.

This phenomenon has made the act of looking for a lawyer easier and more convenient. Now, those who are looking for a lawyer need not go out looking for one because online, the law firms are looking for them.