| The Best Lawyers |
Finding the best lawyer, attorneys or law firm to represent you is much like trying to find gold in your backyard. Without some clear expectations, some serious budget evaluations and some basic plan you can't find the prize.
Have you ever considered that the problem in finding the best lawyer may not be with the lawyer choices, but that the results you seek are not possible based upon applicable state or federal law as it relates to your specific circumstances and the facts of the case? No matter how many lawyers or law firms you consider, they cannot change the law nor the facts of your case, that ship has already sailed.
An experienced, well-connected attorney can cut through red tape and streamline the process, if that's what you want or need. But such experience comes with a hefty retainer and price per hour whether for an injury lawyer, accident lawyer or immigration lawyer.
Get your facts and story down before you meet. If you don't have these details down you will only complicate things and cost yourself more money and you could damage your case.
Put your game face on, dress like you care, style your hair, cover the tattoos and be polite. You're not looking for a new friend or a therapist. It doesn't really matter how you got where you are. What matters is what you are after. The lawyer will drive the bus, not you.
There are several "attorney referral services" on the web which appear to be paid advertisers (lawyers pay them for referrals even the nonprofit ones!). In any case, you can tell these referrers some specifications like "at least 20 years experience, in the blank area, etc etc etc" and they'll match you up.
Most legitimate lawyer rating services tend to favor high profile case attorney, litigators and attorneys in large firms over attorneys who handle more run of the mill cases, non-litigators and attorneys in smaller firms.
www.martindale.com list lawyers and puts peer ratings for many of them. The lawyers who do the ratings fill out a form sent to them by the Martindale company. It may not be a completely accurate system but it's the only national rating system for attorneys. An "A" rating is the highest rating - but there are other lawyers who are as good as the "A" rated lawyer. For various reasons, not all lawyers have been rated. Nevertheless, this is a good place to start your search for a lawyer or law firm.
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Here are just some of the specialized fields:
- Personal injury attorney
- Divorce attorney
- Mesothelioma attorney
- DUI attorney
- Traffic attorney
- Real Estate attorney
- Criminal attorney
- Car accident attorney
- Employment attorneys
- General attorney at law
- Illinois attorney
- New Jersey attorney
- New York attorney
- Pennsylvania attorney
- California attorney
- Florida attorney
