Personal injury · Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico personal injury and accident lawyer.
Personal attention, clear communication, and dedicated advocacy define our approach to your case.
We evaluate car accidents, falls, and other types of accidents involving serious physical and emotional harm. The extent of the injuries and available evidence are central to deciding whether our office can become involved.
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Your situation
Reconstruct the accident. Identify responsibility. Document the harm.
The personal-injury practice focuses on car accidents, falls, and other accidents caused by negligent acts or omissions that result in serious physical injuries and significant emotional consequences. An injury alone does not establish who is responsible. Review considers how the event happened, who controlled the situation, what evidence exists, and how the alleged conduct relates to the harm.
You do not need every answer before contacting the office. Identify what you know and what remains unconfirmed. Mention any approaching deadline immediately.
How serious must the injuries be for our office to become involved?
Our office focuses its involvement on accidents involving serious physical injuries and significant emotional consequences. The physical injuries must be substantial enough to justify the costs, time, resources, and possible expert evidence the claim requires.
Review is individual: it considers documented injuries, treatment received, limitations, and the physical and emotional effects on the person’s life. The occurrence of an accident alone is not enough. The alleged negligent conduct, its connection to the injuries, and the available evidence are also examined.
When the extent of the injuries does not justify that involvement, the office may decline a consultation or representation. This internal criterion does not minimize a person’s suffering or amount to an opinion that no legal claim exists. Acceptance requires the office’s individual review.
Prepare for your inquiry
Which documents should you gather?
Keep originals. Organize legible copies, and do not delay an urgent inquiry because your records are incomplete.
Request complete certified medical records, preferably accompanied by a certification letter. How to obtain your medical records
- The accident's date, time, and exact location; an account of what you observed.
- Original photos and videos of the scene, vehicles, condition, and injuries.
- Names and contact details for witnesses and potentially responsible parties.
- An incident report or police-report number, if one exists.
From first contact to next steps
How the process usually begins.
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Initial Screening
The event, severity of physical and emotional harm, and allegedly negligent conduct are identified.
What to know
Potential deadlines are reviewed. Initial consultations are free and strictly confidential, by videoconference. Every meeting requires completing Clio Grow intake first and receiving confirmation from the office.
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Evidence and analysis
Photos, witnesses, reports, insurance information, and complete certified medical records, preferably with a certification letter, are reviewed.
What to know
Evidence at risk of loss may need prompt preservation.
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Representation on a contingency-fee basis
Our attorney’s fees are strictly contingent: we only collect an attorney’s fee if you obtain compensation. If you receive no compensation, our office charges no attorney’s fees.
What you should know
Before representation begins, we enter into a written legal services agreement and explain how the contingent attorney’s fees will be calculated. We do not charge hourly attorney’s fees or require a retainer in these cases.
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Filing suit and preparing your case
As a general practice, once we accept representation and complete the necessary evaluation, we proceed with filing the lawsuit, conducting discovery, and retaining the experts the case requires.
What you should know
When appropriate, we use out-of-court demands to seek to interrupt the applicable limitation period. Our practice focuses on preparing and pursuing the case in court, without making a prolonged out-of-court claims process a routine prerequisite to filing suit.
The sequence may vary with the facts, legal deadlines, and available information.
Start with your question
Information to help you find your way.
View all 15 questions in this practiceHow do the initial review and interview form work?
Initial review is free and confidential. First describe the accident, relevant dates, potentially responsible parties, and injuries. The office may request clarification before asking for extensive records or arranging a consultation.
Read the complete answerWhat must be shown in a personal-injury claim?
Not every accident or injury establishes compensable negligence. Review considers the duty of care, challenged conduct or omission, its connection to harm, and provable consequences.
Read the complete answerWhat evidence should I preserve after an accident?
If safe, document the location, the condition you believe caused the accident, and visible damage. Take both context and close-up photographs from different angles. Always prioritize health and safety.
Read the complete answerWhat should I review before accepting an insurer's payment?
Understand what the payment covers and which rights it may affect. A document presented for vehicle repairs may include language about other injuries or claims. The payment's label does not replace reading the agreement.
Read the complete answerHow do fees and expenses work in personal-injury matters?
The initial video consultation is free and confidential, after completing the interview form and receiving office confirmation.
Read the complete answerWhich deadlines should I consider after an accident?
Seek advice early. Civil Code Article 1204 generally provides one year for noncontractual liability, from knowledge of the injury and who caused it. The governing regime, dates, and circumstances require individual review.
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Reviews of the service at the office
«He speaks to you with great respect and clarity. He kept me informed throughout the entire process.»«An excellent attorney: committed, clear, precise, responsive, and always clears up every question.»Individual experiences do not guarantee results. Rating and review count verified September 12, 2026.
Litigation experience. Personal attention.
Francisco J. Vizcarrondo personally directs the evaluation and legal course of his office’s matters. Civil litigation in Puerto Rico since 2004, with service in Spanish and English.
Consultation, scope, and office policies
Free, strictly confidential initial consultation
Every initial consultation in Personal injury is free of charge and conducted on a strictly confidential basis. Before a meeting can be arranged, our automated Clio Grow intake process must be completed. The office reviews whether the matter falls within its practice areas and meets its acceptance criteria, including the severity of injuries when relevant. Only if a consultation is appropriate does the office arrange a videoconference for the prospective client’s benefit and convenience.
Scope of practice
Information and inquiries about Personal injury in Puerto Rico.
We do not provide consultations or undertake legal representation in matters involving family law, criminal law, labor or employment law, Social Security, succession and inheritance law, estate planning, bankruptcy, immigration, real estate, or consumer rights.
Francisco J. Vizcarrondo has been a licensed notary public in Puerto Rico since 2004.
Start with the intake review.
Initial consultations are free and strictly confidential, by videoconference. Every meeting requires completing Clio Grow intake first and receiving confirmation from the office.