Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Injury and malpractice claims
Antoinette Vidrine represents people hurt in crashes and by medical care, and families who have lost someone. Her fee is a share of what is recovered, set out in writing before anything is filed.
The fee scale
One percentage at each stage, written into your agreement before work begins. It rises only when the work does.
The records gathered, the claim built and presented, and the insurer pressed to improve its first offer. Most claims end here.
When an offer is not fair, the case goes to court. Depositions, expert reports and a mediation date add hours and expense.
A case put before a judge or jury takes the most preparation and the most expense. This is the top of the scale.
If there is no recovery, you owe no fee. Case costs, such as filing fees, medical records and expert witnesses, are advanced by the firm and repaid from the recovery; your written agreement says whether you would owe them if there is none. The percentage for each stage is set out in your agreement.
Cases
Dog bites and wrongful death claims are taken too; call to ask whether yours fits.
Medical bills, lost income and an adjuster who needs a reason to pay more. Interstate, parish road and freight cases.
About crash claims
Riders are blamed first and insured last. The claim starts with the road, the bike and what the other driver saw.
About rider claims
Harm from a missed diagnosis or an error in care. These claims rest on experts, and the fee scale carries their cost.
About malpractice claimsClients
“I had stopped opening the insurer's letters. Antoinette read them all, and when she called me back she had already read the records twice.”
“The fee was on one page and I could point to every line of it. Nothing in the final statement surprised me.”
“She explained why the case needed an expert before I asked, and what the expert would cost, and when we would know.”
Each client's case is different. A comment from one client says nothing about the result in another case, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Before you call
The longer answers are on the questions page.
Nothing. You describe what happened, Antoinette says whether the claim is one she can take, and you decide whether to go further. No fee agreement is signed on that call.
Only if there is a recovery. The fee is the percentage on the scale above, taken from the settlement or judgment. If nothing is recovered, no fee is owed.
The firm advances them: records, filing charges, experts. Your agreement says how they are repaid and whether you would owe them if there is no recovery, so you see it before you sign.
Antoinette is admitted in both states and keeps a phone line for each. Mississippi clients meet by video or at the Baton Rouge office.
A claim that settles before a lawsuit often takes many months, because it waits for treatment to finish. A filed case takes longer. She tells you where yours stands at each stage.
A few lines are enough. Antoinette or her assistant replies the next business day.