Santa Monica combines beach traffic with urban density, creating busy intersections near the pier and Third Street Promenade. Build a focused evidence plan around the approach from Ocean Avenue, record owners near Santa Monica Pier, first treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and insurer pressure before details blur.
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Scene anchors
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City crash context
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For personal injury in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, this section connects the scene near Third Street Promenade, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology, and official-process questions associated with Torrance Courthouse. It also shows sources and bar-verified attorney profiles, but it does not replace investigation, diagnosis, or individualized legal advice; map the scene fact against the preserved record to show what needs confirmation.
How to use this evidence guide
Official local record brief
Los Angeles Department of Transportation publishes citywide collision landscape and safety profiles; here it is connected with Montana Avenue near Third Street Promenade, and the visible limit controls what may be concluded.
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The LADOT study documents its collision-data sources and analyzes killed-or-severely-injured, injury, mode, violation, hit-and-run, lighting, and time-of-day patterns. On this page, the record helps separate Santa Monica, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology; map the record request against the responsible custodian to tie the request to a named source.
When to use it
Use this study to understand the source years, mode categories, reporting changes, and limitations behind Los Angeles citywide safety statements; verify the factual issue against the next available custodian to check who controlled the evidence.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: The study is a citywide planning analysis based on defined years and data-cleaning methods. It does not prove an individual collision theory or current site condition; for this personal injury page, compare the published scope with Montana Avenue and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology before applying it to the incident.
Los Angeles Police Department
LAPD identifies authorized requesters, online and mail access, the ordinary review period, online-release exceptions, and the report, party, vehicle, date, time, and location details needed for a request. On this page, the record helps separate Santa Monica, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology; document the record chronology against the chain of custody to test whether independent records agree.
When to use it
Use this process after confirming LAPD took the collision report and the requester is an authorized person or representative; verify the published profile against the official license to identify the next custodian.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: The process applies to LAPD reports and does not establish that LAPD investigated a freeway or another agency-controlled incident, that a report is releasable online, or who is legally responsible; for this personal injury page, compare the published scope with Montana Avenue and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology before applying it to the incident.
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The department form identifies location-specific records that may be requested, including signal timing and maintenance, geometric and signal plans, sign and pavement work orders, and speed surveys. On this page, the record helps separate Santa Monica, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology; map the statement against the timestamped record to preserve the original sequence.
When to use it
Use this process when the facts raise a location-specific question about a Los Angeles signal, sign, pavement marking, geometry, or speed survey; cross-check the scene fact against the preserved record to show what needs confirmation.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: A listed document may not exist or cover the relevant date, and the form warns that records staff do not interpret technical documents. The records do not by themselves prove notice, defect, fault, or damages; for this personal injury page, compare the published scope with Montana Avenue and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology before applying it to the incident.
Los Angeles City Attorney
The City Attorney page identifies the City claim route and examples of records commonly used to support vehicle-property and personal-injury submissions, including reports, photographs, medical records, and itemized bills. On this page, the record helps separate Santa Monica, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology; review the reported fact against the original document to preserve the original sequence.
When to use it
Use this source only when incident facts suggest a City of Los Angeles vehicle, employee, property, or operation may be involved and prompt legal review is needed; reconcile local context against incident-level proof to tie the request to a named source.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: The page does not determine whether the City is a proper party, calculate a deadline, establish negligence or causation, value damages, or guarantee that a claim will be accepted or paid; for this personal injury page, compare the published scope with Montana Avenue and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology before applying it to the incident.
Local anchors and boundaries
Scene anchor
Use the direction, lane, crossing, time, and observed conditions to identify reports, cameras, and witnesses connected with Montana Avenue; trace the evidence sequence against the retention window to test one unresolved fact.
Boundary: Third Street Promenade is a geographic reference; it does not establish where an incident occurred or who was at fault; reconcile the record request against the responsible custodian to preserve the original sequence.
First-care record
Compare triage, imaging, referrals, restrictions, and billing from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with the incident chronology; trace the record chronology against the chain of custody to identify the next custodian.
Boundary: Naming Cedars-Sinai Medical Center does not confirm that a person received care there or that its records prove causation; trace the unresolved question against the confirming record to check who controlled the evidence.
Official path
Confirm the entity, legal party names, and published process before using Torrance Courthouse for a filing or venue question; map the public record against its source limitation to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Boundary: Torrance Courthouse is a research reference and does not establish venue, jurisdiction, or an individual deadline; reconcile the timeline against independent corroboration to distinguish context from proof.
Local mobility
Check whether agency, station, vehicle, or transfer records help place the sequence near Montana Avenue; verify the scene fact against the preserved record to test one unresolved fact.
Boundary: LA Metro (Metro Rail & Bus) and Metrolink may identify an agency or movement record, but confirm the operator, time window, and record number before using it to describe this incident; compare the evidence gap against the available custodian list to distinguish context from proof.
Visual evidence flow
For this page, start at Montana Avenue near Third Street Promenade, compare the chronology tied to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and confirm whether Los Angeles Department of Transportation controls citywide collision landscape and safety profiles; the final step checks Raffi Naljian's published license without assigning representation.
01 / Scene
Montana Avenue near Third Street Promenade
Record the time, direction, lane, and possible camera or witness leads tied to Montana Avenue near Third Street Promenade.
02 / Care
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Compare first symptoms, triage, referrals, and restrictions in records associated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
03 / Record
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Confirm whether Los Angeles Department of Transportation controls citywide collision landscape and safety profiles before requesting it.
04 / Review
Raffi Naljian
Check Raffi Naljian's published license and practice information; this path does not assign an attorney.
Decision path
Record direction, time, conditions, and the Third Street Promenade reference, then identify who controls the report, video, or physical record; compare the scene fact against the preserved record to test whether independent records agree.
Order symptoms, triage, diagnosis, imaging, referrals, and restrictions by date without assuming one note resolves causation; cross-check the statement against the timestamped record to distinguish context from proof.
Build one chronology that separates scene proof, medical proof, insurance positions, and unresolved questions; track the LAPD traffic-collision report request process request to Los Angeles Police Department as requested, received, disputed, or still awaiting primary-source confirmation; verify the incident chronology against its supporting source to test whether independent records agree.
Verify parties, public-entity involvement, venue, and dates through an official source or qualified attorney before relying on a general deadline; map the treatment chronology against the provider record to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Investigating agency and camera custodian
On the Montana Avenue approach near Third Street Promenade, record direction, lane, crossing, time, and lighting. If first care began at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, compare its intake time with dispatch, video, and movement data to identify who holds each missing record; reconcile the timeline against independent corroboration to test one unresolved fact.
Next request: For this personal injury review, obtain the report number and preserve video, dispatch, photographs, and movement data before routine deletion cycles; map the public record against its source limitation to test one unresolved fact.
Medical provider and records department
For care attributed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, separate triage, diagnosis, imaging, referrals, restrictions, billing, and symptom changes. The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chart does not prove causation by itself; it shows which dates and changes still need qualified review; compare the evidence gap against the available custodian list to test one unresolved fact.
Next request: Request the complete Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chart and keep a dated list of missing, corrected, or later-added records; verify the scene fact against the preserved record to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Court, city, county, or public entity
For a filing or public-entity question linked to Torrance Courthouse, first identify who controlled the scene or key record. Confirm the official path associated with Torrance Courthouse before assuming the ordinary filing period resolves a possible public-claim notice; reconcile the record request against the responsible custodian to keep the chronology auditable.
Next request: Identify the potential defendant, then use the published court or agency path associated with Torrance Courthouse before waiting; reconcile the reported fact against the original document to test whether independent records agree.
Personal Injury specialist record holder
For personal injury in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, the focused review should include scene photographs, collision report, witness contacts, vehicle damage, insurance communications, first medical notes, referrals, bills, and work restrictions. Compare that file with the first-care chronology from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and any venue question involving Torrance Courthouse; the central unresolved issue is whether the physical record, witness sequence, medical chronology, and available coverage support the same account of what happened; trace the unresolved question against the confirming record to identify the next custodian.
Next request: Build one chronology that separates scene proof, medical proof, insurance positions, and unresolved questions for the file connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; review the source scope against the supported conclusion to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Local data classification
Editorial estimateHurt Advice's illustrative city model lists 55,234 crashes for Los Angeles, including 18,420 injury crashes; no neighborhood frequency is inferred from the city total.
This figure is a Hurt Advice editorial model, not an official agency extract or proof of fault, block-level frequency, or claim value.
Analysis before conclusions
Start with direction, lane, crossing, time, lighting, and the Third Street Promenade reference. Then connect those details with first care from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the custodian of each report, video, or record; trace the treatment chronology against the provider record to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Hurt Advice's illustrative city model lists 55,234 crashes for Los Angeles, including 18,420 injury crashes; no neighborhood frequency is inferred from the city total. This figure is a Hurt Advice editorial model, not an official agency extract or proof of fault, block-level frequency, or claim value; reconcile the statement against the timestamped record to test whether independent records agree.
For personal injury in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, this page links Raffi Naljian (published focus includes car accidents, rear end collision lawyer, head on collisions, t bone accidents, speeding accidents, distracted driving, rental car accidents; published service areas include Los Angeles); Armen Akaragian (published focus includes personal injury, car accidents; published service areas include Los Angeles) as comparison paths grounded in public profiles and license records; it does not imply assignment, availability, representation, or an outcome recommendation; trace the page claim against primary evidence to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Compare the report, dispatch, photograph, or video time near Third Street Promenade with the first note from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A timing difference does not decide the matter, but it identifies which custodian or witness should clarify the sequence; compare the claimed fact against the verifying document to show what needs confirmation.
Confirm the legal name of each potential party, who controlled Montana Avenue, and whether a public entity was involved. Torrance Courthouse is a local reference; it does not establish venue, jurisdiction, or compliance with a notice requirement by itself; trace the published profile against the official license to identify the next custodian.
The file should connect scene photographs, collision report, witness contacts, vehicle damage, insurance communications, first medical notes, referrals, bills, and work restrictions with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center chronology and evidence preserved near Third Street Promenade. That comparison helps evaluate whether the physical record, witness sequence, medical chronology, and available coverage support the same account of what happened without turning local context into a legal conclusion; map the scene fact against the preserved record to check who controlled the evidence.
Los Angeles cases often require early coordination across LAPD, CHP, Metro, and city-agency records, so venue choice and public-entity notice strategy matter immediately; reconcile the filing question against official authority to distinguish context from proof.
Serious LA claims often move from Cedars-Sinai, UCLA, or County-linked emergency care into specialty treatment spread across the basin, which makes chronology and referral tracking especially important; verify the record chronology against the chain of custody to test one unresolved fact.
Review should compare witnesses, camera coverage, and treatment locations with filing venues near Stanley Mosk Courthouse and Los Angeles Superior Court, especially for crashes tied to Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory and ZIP codes such as 90001, 90012, 90024; cross-check the factual issue against the next available custodian to preserve the original sequence.
Preserve incident, camera, or business footage near Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory; Lock in EMS and intake records from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center; Track witness movement and vehicle data on corridors like I-405, I-10; Tie liability themes to local causes such as Speeding, Distracted Driving; cross-check the scene fact against the preserved record to distinguish context from proof.
Freeway chain reactions on I-405, I-10, and US-101; Transit, bus, and public-entity deadlines; Entertainment, delivery, and rideshare traffic near major venues; trace the coverage position against the policy document to test one unresolved fact.
Verified attorney relevance
No match guarantees assignment, representation, or results.
Primary source trail
The LADOT study documents its collision-data sources and analyzes killed-or-severely-injured, injury, mode, violation, hit-and-run, lighting, and time-of-day patterns; on this page it locates the local record connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; compare the statement against the timestamped record to tie the request to a named source.
Limit: The study is a citywide planning analysis based on defined years and data-cleaning methods. It does not prove an individual collision theory or current site condition; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
LAPD identifies authorized requesters, online and mail access, the ordinary review period, online-release exceptions, and the report, party, vehicle, date, time, and location details needed for a request; on this page it locates the local record connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; compare the record owner against the preservation step to test whether independent records agree.
Limit: The process applies to LAPD reports and does not establish that LAPD investigated a freeway or another agency-controlled incident, that a report is releasable online, or who is legally responsible; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
The department form identifies location-specific records that may be requested, including signal timing and maintenance, geometric and signal plans, sign and pavement work orders, and speed surveys; on this page it locates the local record connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; verify the timeline against independent corroboration to preserve the original sequence.
Limit: A listed document may not exist or cover the relevant date, and the form warns that records staff do not interpret technical documents. The records do not by themselves prove notice, defect, fault, or damages; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
The City Attorney page identifies the City claim route and examples of records commonly used to support vehicle-property and personal-injury submissions, including reports, photographs, medical records, and itemized bills; on this page it locates the local record connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; reconcile the public record against its source limitation to preserve the original sequence.
Limit: The page does not determine whether the City is a proper party, calculate a deadline, establish negligence or causation, value damages, or guarantee that a claim will be accepted or paid; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Official city and county traffic-safety context, methodology, and limitations; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; reconcile the unresolved question against the confirming record to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Limit: OTS rankings compare incorporated cities or counties and do not prove what happened at a particular scene; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Official tool for locating the relevant county court and its public contact information; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; trace the source scope against the supported conclusion to identify the next custodian.
Limit: The court finder locates courts; it does not select venue or calculate a filing deadline for an individual matter; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Primary statutory text for the general two-year personal-injury action period; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; reconcile the page claim against primary evidence to keep the chronology auditable.
Limit: Exceptions, accrual rules, contract terms, public-entity claims, and other laws may change the applicable deadline; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Primary statutory text for specified claims presented to a public entity; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; map the factual issue against the next available custodian to preserve the original sequence.
Limit: The statute does not identify whether a defendant is a public entity or whether another presentation rule applies; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Site disclosure identifying editorial estimates, public-source families, and citation boundaries; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; verify the evidence gap against the available custodian list to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Limit: An editorial estimate is not an official agency extract and cannot prove incident-level frequency, fault, or claim value; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Official public source for checking a California attorney name, license number, and status; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Montana Avenue, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Torrance Courthouse; reconcile the record owner against the preservation step to identify the next custodian.
Limit: A license record verifies public registration details; it does not establish case fit, availability, or likely outcome; for this personal injury issue in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Neighborhood strategy
For Santa Monica, the first case review should stay local: what happened near Montana Avenue, whether Third Street Promenade points to a record owner, and how Keck Hospital of USC documents the first symptoms.
Instead of starting with a broad Los Angeles theory, narrow the file to three evidence lanes: what happened near Ocean Avenue, who controlled records around Santa Monica Pier, and how Cedars-Sinai Medical Center documented symptoms.
A useful Santa Monica review starts by separating the street record from the care record: Ocean Avenue explains the scene, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center helps anchor symptoms.
Retail driveway conflicts should be checked alongside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center so the medical timeline stays connected to the scene.
The next step may be a city guide, a nearby neighborhood, or an evidence resource tied to Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard.
Local context in Santa Monica
Santa Monica combines beach traffic with urban density, creating busy intersections near the pier and Third Street Promenade.
Citywide crash context for Los Angeles: about 54,000+ reported collisions a year, 42,000+ with injuries and 300+ fatal (citywide totals, not neighborhood-level).
Major routes serving Los Angeles: I-405, I-10, I-110, US-101, I-5.
Attorney review preparation
These steps organize the local claim around visible records, practical questions, and verified attorney information.
Step 1
Identify the closest street, intersection, business, landmark, or camera lead near Ocean Avenue.
Step 2
Match the first symptoms with treatment records from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center or another provider.
Step 3
Save claim numbers, adjuster messages, recorded-statement requests, repair photos, and witness names before responding in detail.
Step 4
Use the local proof packet to decide whether the next step is a resource guide, the broader Los Angeles page, or a participating-attorney review request.
Local scene signals
The goal is not another city-name swap. It is to show which Santa Monica streets, scene anchors, providers, and insurer pressure points can change the first review.
Beach and waterfront zones often mix visitors, cyclists, rideshare pickups, delivery vehicles, and distracted pedestrian crossings.
Preserve photos that show curb position, lighting, bike-lane markings, boardwalk access, or parking-lot exits.
Shopping streets and plazas create turning conflicts from parking aisles, loading zones, valet stands, and pedestrians entering storefronts.
Identify store cameras, parking-lot diagrams, delivery schedules, and the closest driveway or crosswalk to the impact point.
A strong local injury claim connects what happened, who saw it, what changed physically, and how fast care started after the incident.
Build one timeline with scene proof, first symptoms, first treatment, insurer calls, missed work, and follow-up appointments.
Use the local window to preserve roadway details from Wilshire Boulevard, location clues around Palisades Park, and the first care record before scene details fade or records rotate.
Compare Wilshire Boulevard, Montana Avenue, Palisades Park, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to decide which record needs preservation first.
Local evidence matrix
Each card connects a local route, scene anchor, treatment record, and concrete evidence task. Open the checks that fit the facts; not every item applies to every claim.
Family-decision lens check 1
Start this street-level review with dash-camera export, not a settlement estimate, because a high-volume corridor where witness memory fades quickly can change how Wilshire Boulevard is read against UCLA Medical Center.
Show stepsTransportation-corridor lens check 2
Use this local lens to keep the review practical: Ocean Avenue, Downtown LA, and claim-number trail should each answer a different evidence question.
Show stepsAdjuster-pressure lens check 3
The narrow issue is whether Santa Monica Pier, weather snapshot, and industrial gate movement explain the witness loop better than a general incident summary could.
Show stepsMobility-impact lens check 4
For Santa Monica, the useful split is practical: Ocean Avenue frames the scene, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center frames the body, and a disputed lane or crossing position frames the insurer response.
Show stepsDamages-documentation lens check 5
For Santa Monica, the useful split is practical: Montana Avenue frames the scene, UCLA Medical Center frames the body, and a serious injury hidden behind normal-looking photos frames the insurer response.
Show stepsTreatment-timeline lens check 6
A useful first review asks whether call-log timestamp or therapy schedule can prove making the local route readable without depending on a map widget before the personal injury file loses its local record sequence.
Show stepsAdjuster-pressure lens check 7
Instead of repeating statewide basics, test whether Lincoln Boulevard, therapy schedule, and connecting repair, medical, and witness facts before value is estimated change the next useful step.
Show stepsDamages-documentation lens check 8
For Santa Monica, the useful split is practical: Montana Avenue frames the scene, Keck Hospital of USC frames the body, and multiple possible defendants frames the insurer response.
Show steps55,234
Total crashes
18,420
Injury crashes
4,850
Pedestrian crashes
7.5/100K
Fatality rate
Citywide patterns do not prove what happened in one claim, but they help identify the roads, timing, and evidence requests that should be checked early.
Next useful clicks
Compare the city service guide, city hub, local crash data, and nearby neighborhoods based on the next question in your claim.
Use broader city guidance when neighborhood facts need to be checked against citywide claim strategy.
City service
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Crash data
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FAQ
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Checklist
What to do after an accident
A step-by-step evidence checklist for the first hours after an injury event.
Insurance
How to file an insurance claim
A practical guide for organizing insurance notices, documents, and recorded-statement decisions.
Lawyer fit
How to find a personal injury lawyer
Questions to ask before choosing someone to evaluate local proof and medical documentation.
Value factors
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Fees
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A Santa Monica personal injury intake review can start with employer absence notes, Good Samaritan Hospital, and whether Wilshire Boulevard creates an evidence deadline. Any attorney fee, cost, or contingency term depends on a separate written attorney agreement.
The first evidence pass should identify street proof, record owners near Santa Monica Pier, and any medical handoff through UCLA Medical Center. If early adjuster pressure appears, preserve the record before discussing claim value.
Timeline questions for personal injury cases should start with records, not guesses. In Santa Monica, property-owner involvement can slow the file unless the team can request records before routine deletion cycles early.
Collect scene photos, witness paths, business names, first-care paperwork, and messages from the insurer. The goal is to show what happened around Ocean Avenue, not just that an injury happened somewhere in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles provides the background, while Santa Monica adds the practical record path: where the incident happened, which landmarks or businesses may matter, and what local proof should be preserved first.
No. Hurt Advice is a legal information and case-routing service, not a law firm. The intake can help organize Santa Monica personal injury facts and, when appropriate, route the request to participating attorneys. No attorney-client relationship begins unless a separate written agreement is signed with an attorney.