Tips for Choosing the Right Divorce Attorney

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Tips for Choosing the Right Divorce Attorney
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About
If a couple is faced with a divorce, they need to
consider several things before settling for a
divorce attorney. This is better done before the
actual filing of the divorce case. The following
six tips will help in choosing a divorce lawyer.
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• Tips

• Create a List of Local Divorce Attorneys.
• Review Each Attorneys Website.
• Look for Red Flags.
• Be Realistic
• Be Objective
• Ask Questions Specific to Your Situation

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Create a List of Local Divorce Attorneys

• Include each attorneys name, phone number,
  address and website.
• Find divorce lawyers by
• Searching in the local yellow pages under
  attorney.
• Searching an online phone directory and
• Running an online search from a search engine
  using relevant keywords.

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Review Each Attorneys Website

• Look for grammar and spelling errors as well as
  the attorneys background information.
• Mostly lawyers websites provide information
  about attorneys working for the law firm.
• Advisable to get a lawyer with at least three
  years experience in family law.
• Spends at least 50 percent of his or her time on
  divorce work.

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Look for Red Flags

• Do not believe an attorney who is making promises
  and just telling you what you want to hear.
• Do not trust an attorney which discloses the
  confidential information of another client.
• While interviewing make sure that the attorney
  pays sufficient attention and is not distracted.
• The chosen lawyer must act according to the
  industrys professional ethics.

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Be Realistic

• Work of a divorce lawyer is to provide
  representation to the best of their ability.
• Remember, it is not their responsibility to do
  any of the following
• Listen to anyones frustration,
• Condone angry outbursts
• Sympathize with people in their sadness and pain.
• Be realistic about the responsibilities of their
  divorce lawyer.

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Be Objective

• Emotions could prolong the divorce process and
  make it more expensive and litigious.
• Remain focused on getting divorced faster with
  less cost.

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Ask Questions Specific to Your Situation

• Some of the questions that need to be asked
• What will your strategy be for my case?
• How long do you think my case will take?
• How much property am I likely to get at the end
  of this divorce?

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