If you are searching websites for an attorney to represent you in a criminal matter, personal injury case, worker's compensation case, medical malpractice case, divorce case, or even real estate transaction, then you either:
[ ] do not know you should have a trusted family attorney, or family friend, that practices law, refer you to an attorney that can address your legal problem; or
[ ] do not have a trusted family attorney, or family friend, that practices law.
If you have a trusted family attorney, or family friend, that practices law, then you should forsake your electronic search for an attorney, and rely on your family friend's legal acumen, experience and reputation in referring you to an attorney.
First, attorneys respond to attorneys. It is far easier to get an attorney to return another attorney's phone call. Each attorney recognizes that the other is busy, and will explain the issue in the most succinct manner possible. The referring attorney will probably not minimize the legal problem, or the possible alternatives. Neither will the referring attorney give an exasperating explanation of the legal problem, only to end with, "by the way, they have no money." If the referring attorney violates these aforementioned rules, he will soon find that his colleagues will not return his phone calls.
Second, a family friend that practices law should be able to spend more time with you, clarifying the legal and non-legal issues. She should be frank with you about your role in creating the problem, and the realistic constraints that exist in the judicial arena.
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