When you are about to hire a lawyer for any reason, whether it is for a criminal case, a civil case or something else you will want to know some more information about the lawyer other than simply that they are willing to take on your case. No matter where you are, Milwaukee or Denver, lawyers should be willing to provide you with some information up front.
Make sure that they are certified for the full scope of what you are hiring them for. You don’t want to hire someone for a case that they can not handle. Not to mention that there are probably lawyers of the same caliber and price in the areas that you are looking for. Ask them for a free consultation. If they won’t give you that you probably don’t want to work with them anyway.
Find out how long the lawyer has been in practice. Not just working at the current law firm although you may want to find that out too. Ask them for a win loss record and look over it. You aren’t just looking for how many times they have won or lost however, you are looking for how many times they have won and lost cases similar to yours. Look for the same charges or the same kind of situation. Find out how many of their cases are settled without going to court and if they generally turn out well or badly for the client.
It may surprise you, but often times lawyers will give their case over to people working under them instead of doing the majority of the work themselves. Find out exactly who will be working your case. Explain that you don’t want to be paying more than you have to and that you don’t want to be paying prices for a lawyer to do the work when he won’t even be looking at the case. Often times cases are won and lost on who is doing the actual work, not the person who is taking credit for it.
If you don’t like the first lawyer you talk to you can always talk to other ones. Sometimes you can even talk to someone else in the same law offices who clicks with you better. Remember that the most important thing right now is that you are happy with your choice .
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