New Clients

Thank you for choosing the Cashill Law Firm to review your claim and to advise you about your legal rights. We appreciate your putting your trust in our law firm.

Our Reno, Nevada attorneys can help you in claims relating to personal injury, business fraud, business litigation, elder abuse, will contests and more.  To familiarize yourself with our law firm, read About Cashill Law or learn more about Pat Cashill in the Biography section.

Now, we recommend the following for each of our new clients to ensure a smooth working relationship:

First, in order to successfully represent you, we ask that you make full disclosure to us of all facts and circumstances which have anything to do with your claim. It is imperative that you provide us with all the facts down to the smallest detail. Please know that anything you disclose to us is kept in the strictest confidence and is protected by the attorney-client privilege. In this regard, we ask that all our new clients prepare a detailed timeline containing all events pertaining to your case and provide us with a current resumé.

For example, in a business dispute we ask for all contracts, agreements, letters, profit and loss statements or anything else that could prove either the terms of the deal or liability, breach or damages. In a personal injury matter, we need a timeline including date of birth (DOB), place of birth (POB) and all relevant medical dates and details involving the state of your health prior to and after the accident.

Second, we ask that you give us your full cooperation.  Whatever your claim may be, we need to learn as much about you and about the underlying facts as possible – personal and work history, Social Security number, and any other information that will help us to understand the nature of your case, but also to introduce you or your company to the judge and jury who will be deciding your fate, or that of your company.

Third, we need to know all there is to know about your claim. It is distressing to both lawyer and client to hear at a deposition, or even worse, at trial information that was not disclosed to us. Information that may not seem important may turn out to be important. Thus, disclose everything to us, however trivial it may seem.

Fourth, “Loose lips sink ships.” In the context of our relationship, this means be very careful about disclosing any thing you say to us or we say to you to anyone else. It is seldom advisable to discuss legal strategy with anyone other than your lawyer or a member of his or her staff. By discussing any legal advice you have received with any person other than your lawyer of another lawyer who is advising you, you may waive your attorney client privilege and create a witness against you.

Finally, our policy is to encourage second opinions. We believe that any lawyer who discourages a client from seeking a second opinion should never offer a first opinion.