Yes. You may, at any time and for any reason, change attorneys during the life of a case. In fact, you don’t even need a reason to change lawyers. Massachusetts law allows injury victims to freely choose who represents he or she for a particular case, and there are no penalties for changing attorneys. However, your prior attorney may have a claim to payment for the reasonable value of his or her services that were rendered up until the time of the termination of his or her services. If at the time the lawyer’s services were terminated, he or she had already filed a lawsuit on behalf of the client, then that attorney may file what is called a statutory lien, which is enforceable lien for the attorney under Massachusetts law.
