What follows are common questions that potential
family law clients ask.
Not exact matches
Not that I don't enjoy practicing
law by any means, but that is, if you
ask me, I'm much more interested in building successful businesses throughout the course of my life whatever those look like and right now happens to be a
law firm working in
family law and, like I said, I enjoy it, but at the end of the day, I'd love to not have the revenue generation rely on me so I can do more of that other, but until we see those scales tip, the majority of my work will still be on the
client side and the billing side.
Attorneys are
asked to commit to attending the clinic where they will typically advise two to three
clients on their
family law issue.
Research shows that
family law professionals often fail to
ask questions needed to properly assess risk, and may also fail to recommend the most appropriate dispute resolution processes for their
clients.
Whenever I am
asked to recommend an employment
law attorney to a potential
client or
family member, Spencer's name is the first that comes to mind.
It just felt more and more like it didn't reflect who we were now, so last year, we were thinking about possibly... We knew we needed to expand and do some more estate planning type stuff, and
family law stuff, because our
clients were really
asking for it.
Now a senior associate at one of the city's top firms, Vincent Clifford will talk politics,
law,
family, and sports — just don't
ask him about his biggest
client.
The commentary on Ontario's Rule of Professional Conduct 4.01 (1) about a lawyer's responsibility as an advocate, says: «The lawyer has a duty to the
client to raise fearlessly every issue, advance every argument, and
ask every question, however distasteful, which the lawyer thinks will help the
client's case...» Many lawyers believe fiercely that no holds are barred when representing someone, particularly in criminal matters and
family law.
Interview a few
family lawyers in your community who have the desired training and experience to assess which lawyer is a good match for you as a
family law client;
ask to be introduced to the lawyer's legal assistant or paralegal; and insist on a written retainer agreement.»
When people
ask why I chose
family law, I tell them that it's one of the few areas of
law where one not only deals at close range with
clients, but one that touches on a plethora of areas of the
law.
For example, a lawyer who normally practises only
family and estates
law may be
asked to set up a charitable corporation for a
family law client.
The Calgary
family lawyer team at MacLean
family law often are
asked by
clients «can interim orders be appealed?»
Livia Jozsa, lawyer with Galbraith
Family Law in Barrie sits down with Deborah Alton to ask her about her work as a family professional / family therapist and how she can help both lawyers and clients through the separation pr
Family Law in Barrie sits down with Deborah Alton to
ask her about her work as a
family professional / family therapist and how she can help both lawyers and clients through the separation pr
family professional /
family therapist and how she can help both lawyers and clients through the separation pr
family therapist and how she can help both lawyers and
clients through the separation process.
An extensive list of questions and answers which regularly are
asked by
family law clients can be found at their website.
The positive result for Colman's
client attracted the attention of fathers» rights groups across Ontario, who started
asking him to speak on issues related to joint custody and
family law generally.