There are so many attorneys and legal websites, how do I select a law firm?
• Make sure the firm has a real office in your area. A “national” firm advertising on the Internet may merely be a toll free number from anywhere, without even having an attorney admitted to practice law in New York. Such a firm is likely to sign clients up, and then shop the case around to others in New York in exchange for a legal fee. This lowers the fee to the local attorney (who you have not met) that will do the actual work. Because the “national” firm is taking some of the legal fee, it will also make it less likely to be accepted by high caliber local attorney. The same is true of the dozens of attorney search “services” that are little more than an advertising web site. • Make sure the firm has handled personal injury cases such as yours and has some examples for you to see. Would you want a firm that devotes 95% of their time to matrimonial matters handling a medical malpractice birth injury lawsuit for your child? • Visit the office and talk to the attorney that will handle
