Insurance companies want to limit their exposure or liability when a serious injury or death occurs; because of this they will
hire attorneys whose job it is to aggressively undermine each aspect of the plaintiff's claim.
Illinois doesn't allow lawyers to call themselves specialists, but you usually want to
hire an attorney whose practice is limited to a few areas of law.
In other words, you do not want to
hire an attorney whose focus is dog bite law when you have suffered serious injuries in a car accident, just as you do not want to
hire an attorney whose cornerstone of legal history is centered on car accident law when you have suffered a slip and fall.
You should
hire an attorney whose experience matches the complexity of your case.
Hire an attorney whose practice focuses on real estate and who will not sell you or your lender title insurance.
Not exact matches
Though summer associate programs give firms some opportunity to evaluate a prospective
attorney's skills, firms often
hire graduates and laterals who haven't come up through a summer program and
whose skills are untested.
Based on that allegation, the Committee on
Attorney Advertising filed a formal complaint against Zemel, charging him with violating the ethical prohibitions against direct client solicitation and against communicating with someone
whose physical, emotional or mental state might impair the decision to
hire a lawyer.
During this preparation process, your
attorney may also consult with and
hire expert witnesses (including, but not limited to, psychologists, accountants, and appraisers)
whose testimony can bolster your case.
In an article recently published on the National Public Radio (NPR) website,
Attorney and safe
hiring expert Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR), says employers must perform a kind of balancing act with background checks since «every story of a person denied a job because of some youthful indiscretion decades in the past» is usually balanced by a «case of a registered sex offender
whose record was not properly checked before being
hired for a job involving interaction with the public.»
In addition to specially trained
attorneys, the parties usually
hire a coach, typically a mental health professional
whose job is to help foster communication and to work with the parties on the emotional aspects of the divorce.
Because there are not clear cut guidelines from the State of Michigan regarding alimony, it is extremely important to
hire a law firm
whose attorneys are experienced in all aspects of divorce, including alimony.