Guides for the decisions that come next.

Practical information for finding and working with a New York personal injury lawyer, plus resources for using SettleScore.

Articles

• First Steps to Finding a Personal Injury Lawyer in New York — By SettleScore — September 1, 2026 — Injured in New York? Here is the order to do things in — the deadlines already running, where to find candidates who aren't just advertising, how to verify a lawyer, and what to settle about fees before you sign.
• What Should I Tell My Personal Injury Lawyer? Start With the Parts You'd Rather Skip — By SettleScore — September 14, 2026 — The facts injury clients hide are usually survivable. Hiding them is what costs money. Here is what to disclose to your New York personal injury lawyer, and why each item matters.
• How to Plan Your First Meeting With a Personal Injury Lawyer — By SettleScore — September 24, 2026 — What to bring, what to ask, and what actually happens at a free personal injury consultation in New York — plus the one answer no honest lawyer will give you on day one.
• What Do I Actually Keep? A New York Injury Settlement, Line by Line — By SettleScore — August 29, 2026 — A $100,000 settlement is not a $100,000 check. Here is the New York math — the contingency fee, the disbursements, and the Medicare, Medicaid, hospital and workers' compensation liens that come out before you see a dollar.
• Why Your Injury Case Is Taking So Long — By SettleScore — August 14, 2026 — A plain-language map of the New York personal injury timeline, from treatment and no-fault through the notice of claim, discovery, the note of issue and the trial calendar — and which delays are structural rather than your lawyer's fault.
• What a Personal Injury Lawyer Costs in New York — By Nico Steele — September 28, 2026 — New York caps injury lawyer fees. The two structures allowed, why the sliding scale beats a flat third above $33,000, and what to ask before signing.
• Sliding Scale or One-Third? The Fee Choice Most New Yorkers Never Make — By Nico Steele — September 4, 2026 — New York injury lawyers may charge a sliding scale or a flat one-third. They cross at $33,000. Here is the math and how to ask for the better one.
• What Do I Actually Keep From a New York Injury Settlement? — By Nico Steele — September 8, 2026 — Your settlement pays out in a fixed order: legal fee, case costs, medical paybacks, then you. The order, a worked example, and what moves the number.
• Hurt on a City Bus? You Have 90 Days, Not Three Years — By Nico Steele — September 12, 2026 — A claim over a New York City bus or subway starts with a notice of claim in 90 days. Who to serve, what it must say, and what happens after that.
• Schedule A vs Schedule B: Reading the Fee Clause in Your Retainer — By Nico Steele — September 16, 2026 — Your New York injury retainer cites Schedule A or Schedule B. What those terms mean, where they come from, and what you are actually agreeing to.
• How Long Does a NYC Car Accident Case Take? — By Nico Steele — September 20, 2026 — A realistic stage-by-stage timeline for a New York City car accident case, the deadlines that drive it, and the five things that truly slow cases.
• Published Settlements: How to Read What NYC Injury Firms Publish — By Nico Steele — September 25, 2026 — Published verdicts and settlements are useful evidence if you can read them. What each number means, what it leaves out, and how to check it.
• Compare Injury Firms by What They've Won, Not What They've Spent — By Nico Steele — September 30, 2026 — Ad budget says nothing about results. A six-point scorecard for comparing New York injury firms on evidence, and the questions that get real answers.

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