When choosing a lawyer one must be careful as personal property and even a life may hang on the ability of the professional.
Start by building a list from referrals and previous lawyers you may have used. Double check in case of a conflict of interest and make sure you understand the contract.
We have compiled a list of 7 helpful ways to determine if you have chosen the correct lawyer for you:
1. An effort is made to gather the facts of your case with minimal help from an assistant.
2. Personal emotions will not blur the case and he/she will keep an objective view.
3. A thorough background check will be done and coincide with earlier rulings.
4. A complete snapshot will be taken so the problem can be viewed objectively from all sides.
5. He will explain things in an easy to understand manner avoiding the verbose legalese.
6. He will carry a good standing in the community and from fellow colleagues.
7. He will be upfront and tell you honestly how your case stands.
Don't be fooled by the glitz, after all it's the ability of the lawyer that is most important to you.
Start by building a list from referrals and previous lawyers you may have used. Double check in case of a conflict of interest and make sure you understand the contract.
We have compiled a list of 7 helpful ways to determine if you have chosen the correct lawyer for you:
1. An effort is made to gather the facts of your case with minimal help from an assistant.
2. Personal emotions will not blur the case and he/she will keep an objective view.
3. A thorough background check will be done and coincide with earlier rulings.
4. A complete snapshot will be taken so the problem can be viewed objectively from all sides.
5. He will explain things in an easy to understand manner avoiding the verbose legalese.
6. He will carry a good standing in the community and from fellow colleagues.
7. He will be upfront and tell you honestly how your case stands.
Don't be fooled by the glitz, after all it's the ability of the lawyer that is most important to you.
Former N.J. lawmaker's lawyer can access child porn pictures (Daily Record)
TRENTON (AP) — Prosecutors must turn over copies of child pornography to a former New Jersey assemblyman's lawyer, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Medici lawyer says Kohn didn't get Madoff payments (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler's investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday.
Honduran military lawyer admits breaking law with coup (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
TEGUCIGALPA — The military officers who rushed deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya out of the country Sunday committed a crime but will be exonerated for saving the country from mob violence, the army's top lawyer said.
Lozinsky's lawyer not aware of his client's whereabouts (KYIV Post)
Kyiv, July 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The lawyer of former Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko MP Viktor Lozinsky, Roman Denysiuk, has said he doesn't know the whereabouts of his client.
Lawyer: Fugitive case against Leaf dismissed (Fox Sports)
A lawyer for Ryan Leaf says a fugitive action filed against the former NFL quarterback in Washington state has been dismissed. The Whatcom County prosecutor had filed an interstate fugitive case against Leaf after he was arrested by federal Customs agents as he crossed the border from Canada in mid-June on his way to face drug and burglary charges in Texas. Leaf posted bond in Bellingham, Wash.
SEC lawyer warned of Madoff irregularities (National Post)
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff’s financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation.
Michigan soldier made a lawyer, from Iraq (Detroit Free Press)
Maj. Miles Gengler, an Army reservist from Grand Blanc and master multitasker, has been in Baghdad, Iraq, for four months with a unit assigned to train the Iraqi military. He took a break Thursday to be sworn in as Michigan's newest lawyer -- from 6,300 miles away -- in a teleconference.
Lawyer: Leaf's Washington state case dismissed (Sports Illustrated)
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- A lawyer for Ryan Leaf says a fugitive action filed against the former NFL quarterback in Washington state has been dismissed.
New Lawyer Stationed in Iraq Gets Sworn In Via Video Conference (Law.com)
In a what may be a first-of-its-kind swearing-in ceremony for a lawyer, a soldier in Iraq became an attorney last week via a live video conference, taking his oath before a Michigan judge who was over 6,300 miles away. The long-distance ceremony for Army Major Miles Gengler was a promise made good by an associate dean at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, John Nussbaumer. "I promised Miles that if he ...
Lawyer: Rowe deciding whether to seek custody (AP via Yahoo! News)
Deborah Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children, has not reached a final decision on whether to seek custody of the children, a lawyer said Thursday.
