Selecting the right attorney is a crucial step in the divorce process. Obtaining the right advice from the outset can help avoid expensive problems down the road. While there are many factors that can be considered in the selection process I often tell people to look at the particular attorney’s bio on their website or in their marketing materials. This is admittedly a rather non-scientific method, but one which I believe is revealing.
Your divorce will be your priority from the moment you decide to dissolve your marriage to the time you walk out of the courtroom holding your final judgment of divorce. Given the time, energy and money you are going to commit to your divorce it must be your attorney’s priority as well.So look at their bio. Ideally, you will find someone whose practice is dedicated to family law.If you cannot find someone like this, look closely to see where divorce ranks on the list of their practice areas. It is a function of both human nature and marketing that one would list the practice areas they feel they are good or which are profitable at the top of their individual list. Do you really want to hire an attorney for whom divorce is the second, third, or fourth practice area they list?
