Getting references from your lawyer before hiring them

Getting references from your lawyer before hiring them

If you're considering hiring an attorney, it would be helpful to get references fro previous satisfied clients. This is not always easy to do because former clients may be hesitant to talk about their case with a stranger who wants to know about it but maybe the attorney can come up with a list of a few clients who can speak to his or her experience.

Google the attorney as well. By performing a search on the attorney's name, you may be able to find reviews, positive or negative on websites like Yelp, Citysearch, Google+Local and the like. A negative review by itself may or may not tell you much about a lawyer because people are much more likely to write a negative review than a positive one, but if there are several negative reviews on a common theme, it may be worth talking to the attorney about the reviews to see what he or she has to say about them.

Be careful when you're about to hire a lawyer and make sure after speaking to their references and performing a search online to see what kind of experiences former clients are writing about, that you make this very important decision carefully and fully informed.

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