What to bring
Bring what you have; the firm fills in the rest.
A useful first meeting includes the police report if one was filed, photos of the vehicles and scene, insurance information for everyone involved, medical records or discharge paperwork from any treatment received, and any correspondence already received from an insurer, including a claim number if one has been assigned. Missing pieces are normal this early. The firm requests records, follows up with providers, and preserves evidence that can otherwise disappear, like dashcam footage, 911 call recordings, or nearby business surveillance that businesses often overwrite within days or weeks. The sooner a preservation request goes out, the more likely that footage still exists by the time it matters. If you were treated at a Killeen-area hospital or urgent care, or referred to a specialist afterward, telling the firm where helps it start requesting records right away instead of waiting for a full recovery to look back and reconstruct the timeline.
Fort Hood families
Military life adds real complications to an injury claim.
A crash on the US-190 corridor can involve a driver stationed at Fort Hood, a Killeen resident, or both, and PCS orders or a deployment do not pause a case. They just mean the timeline needs planning around. A client who gets reassigned to another state mid-claim, or a witness who deploys before giving a statement, is a familiar situation for this office rather than a surprise. Founder Ted Smith served as an active-duty Army JAG officer at Fort Hood before opening this office in Killeen in 1976, and that background shapes how the firm handles a claim where a client, witness, or even the other driver may be reassigned before it resolves, coordinating by phone, video, and mail so distance and duty station changes do not stall a case that is already moving.
Why clients call this office
Fifty years in Bell County, and a fee structure with no upfront cost.
Ted Smith Law Group has practiced in Killeen and Bell County since 1976 and is currently rated 4.6 stars across 533 Google reviews. Personal injury consultations are free, and the firm works on contingency, meaning there is no fee unless it recovers for you. That structure exists so the decision to call is not itself a financial risk while you are still dealing with medical bills and missed work from the crash. Decades in this specific community also means the firm is not learning Bell County's courts, the local hospitals and treatment providers, or the Fort Hood traffic patterns for the first time on your case. The firm does not promise a result or a settlement amount before reviewing your facts. What it offers is a straightforward first conversation about what happened, what the claim needs, and what a realistic next step looks like.
