Most of Us need a lawyer, for an law issue such as long-term care planning or guardianship, for estate planning, an employment matter, litigation, a personal injury, or your'e starting a new business. How do you find the right attorney for you? What's most important to you -- reputation, price, location, experience, age, ethnicity, religion? There are a lot of lawyers out there and your choice can make all the difference between a good experience with successful results and a poor experience that does not help you reach your goals.
Ask friends, family and professional advisors.
Start by asking for recommendations from individuals you trust, including close relatives, friends and other professionals, such as accounting firms, financial organizers, and attorneys in other specialised areas. The best guarantee that you will have a great experience and good results is by interesting an attorney who others have worked with efficiently in the past. We always say that excellent clients are great recommendation sources because they often know individuals similar to themselves.
Check out the Internet.
When you have a few names, examine them out on the Internet. Look at their sites. See what they say about themselves and what others say about them. Determine whether they have adequate experience in exactly what you need. See if you feel comfortable with their approach to the law and taking care of clients.
Consider what's most important to you.
Before communicating with an legal professional or her office, it's important to take a few moments to reflect on what matters most to you. Is it the cost? The location of the office? The firm or attorney's reputation? Her qualifications in terms of certification as a specialist or being named a Super Lawyer or other accolade? Your comfort level in talking with the attorney? Or is it more important that you hire a gladiator to represent you in tough litigation or negotiations? Consider these issues before contacting any law offices so that you keep them in mind when speaking with the lawyer or his office staff. But also keep them all in perspective.
Interview the lawyer.
You can only be certain whether you have a good fit with an attorney by talking with her either over the phone or in person. Lawyers have a wide variety of systems for communicating with prospective clients. Some will talk with them on the phone, some won't. Some will provide a free consultation, some charge from the start or provide a flat fee initial meeting. Their practice often depends on the type of cases they handle. Almost all personal injury attorneys will provide a free consultation because if they take a case it will involve a considerable amount of work over a number of years with a potentially large payoff in the end.
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