One of the most important things you can do in choosing a lawyer is to go shopping. Be willing to spend money on an initial office conference. You wouldn't expect to go to a really great doctor and not pay for the office visit.
- While lawyers don't save your life physically, the best can save, or at least help you deal with, the emotional trauma specific to the process of litigation or a dispute with your spouse or the other parent of your child. They may not provide emotional support but they can help you find it, and the best of them will insist you get it if you need it. In short, he or she will be honest enough to tell you the truth about how you are handling your problems.
- Lawyers may not transplant a heart or help you walk again, but a really good one will provide you with the information, balance and objectivity you need to make the hard choices in a divorce or custody case.
So pay them what they ask. Beware of lawyers who offer a "free" initial office conference. Some are fine, but many are just trying to hook you into plunking down a chunk of change. Be sure they have the experience and skill to handle your case and don't be fooled by the old bait and switch.
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