SAN LUIS OBISPO, California – Robert May, founding attorney of The May Firm, has published California Car Accident Lawyer: Fees, Deadlines, and What Happens Next, an ebook that explains what legal representation costs in a California car accident case, the deadlines that govern an injury claim in the state, and the order in which a case moves from investigation to resolution. Robert May is a car accident attorney in California and the host of Car Accident Attorney w. Robert May, the podcast from which the book was adapted. The book was released on August 31, 2026, and is available at California Car Accident Lawyer: Fees, Deadlines, and What Happens Next.

California Car Accident Lawyer: Fees, Deadlines, and What Happens Next is a sixteen-chapter ebook written by Robert May, a car accident attorney at The May Firm in California, that covers contingency fee structure, the separation of attorney fees from advanced case costs, medical liens and letters of protection, California filing deadlines, and how a car accident case is investigated, valued, and resolved. The book states the California contingency baseline directly: one-third of a gross recovery before a lawsuit is filed, and forty percent once a case enters litigation. It sets the general statute of limitations for a California personal injury lawsuit at two years from the date of the accident, and notes that claims against a government entity, such as a city, a county, or a sheriff’s department, run on a far shorter clock, broadly around six months to file a claim, which is a separate instrument from a lawsuit. Later chapters address what an injured person can and cannot undo, including the point at which a signed release or a cashed settlement check ends a claim.

The material was adapted from recorded episodes of Car Accident Attorney w. Robert May, taped in three sessions in Bakersfield, Fresno, and Long Beach. Each chapter traces to an answer given on the record rather than to marketing copy, and chapters covering Kern County and the Central Valley address the responding agencies, road conditions, and local courts specific to those regions. May has practiced personal injury law in California for more than twenty years and has represented thousands of injury clients against national insurance carriers. The May Firm Injury Lawyers reports verdicts and settlements in excess of Four Hundred and Fifty (450) million dollars obtained over the course of its practice. Robert founded the firm with his brothers, Garrett May and Cameron May, and it now operates 9 offices in California, including Bakersfield, Fresno, and Long Beach. He is admitted to practice in the State of California and in several federal district courts, and is a member of the State Bar of California.

“The two years might be the technical deadline, but it’s a very foolish deadline if you actually want a great result on your case and to alleviate those two years of massive stress. You really not only benefit the case, but you benefit your own well-being by getting a lawyer right up top.”

— Robert May, founding attorney, The May Firm

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