How to Find a Family Lawyer

The video provides a couple of tips for people who seek to hire family court lawyers for their cases. The speaker says that the most important factor to look at before hiring such an attorney is the attorney’s experience. Prospective clients must ask questions to get the appropriate information.

They should ask the attorney how many years that person has done family law cases specifically.


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The person should also ask how many cases the attorney has gone to and which courts that he or she has appeared in. Another important factor to think about is how much the attorney knows the judge presiding over the courthouse the client is getting ready to visit.

The attorney the individual chooses should be a firm that limits its practice to family law alone. That way, the client will be sure of the level of experience that particular firm has. Having multiple skills sets is a plus for an attorney, but a family court case requires a distinct knowledge of the family law system. Lawyers that practice in multiple fields tend to stretch themselves too thin and spread their attention to too many additional areas of law. A client will have much more success working with an attorney who only does family law.