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To choose a lawyer.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Many criminal defendants naturally wish to know an attorney's fee -- or at least a ballpark or fee range -- over the phone or email before taking up to several hours to drive roundtrip to meet with the lawyer. Criminal cases often are scheduled for quickly-approaching court dates, and too many criminal defendants suffer by waiting until the last moment to obtain a lawyer.  When time permits -- which it does not always, particularly in today's age of phone tag -- I sometimes offer such potential clients the substitute of speaking with me for a brief test run of sorts before deciding to take the time to come to my office for an appointment (or, for those living too far to drive to my office -- at least initially -- to set aside time to speak after faxing or emailing me the potential client's case documents)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).