Choosing the right divorce attorney can prevent a divorce situation from negatively impacting a person for the rest of your life. Get the tips here!

1. Presents
How To Choose A Divorce Attorney

2. In this presentation: How to...
❖ Get a Referral
❖ Determine Your Needs
❖ Find a Lawyer Experience in Family Law
❖ Expose Your Financial Situation
❖ Know What You Can Afford
❖ Ask Questions

3. Get a Referral
❖ Know a friend or family member who has had a divorce.
❖ Ask friends and family members for an attorney referral.

4. Determine Your Needs
❖ Determine what you want to get from the divorce.
❖ Cover a number of things.
❖ Could be a one-sided divorce that will become quite
messy before it’s resolved.

5. Find a Lawyer Experience in Family Law
❖ Choose an attorney
➢ with knowledge and experience in practicing family
law.
➢ comfortable in the court setting.
➢ who understands how to benefit from compromise.

6. Expose Your Financial Situation
❖ Choose an attorney that
➢ has a complete understanding of your financial
situation.
➢ can comprehend their finances no matter how
complex.

7. Know What You Can Afford
❖ Most divorce attorneys bill their clients by the hour instead of
taking a flat fee.
❖ Difficult for a lawyer to determine time period required to
complete a divorce.
❖ Try to find a good flat-fee lawyer.

8. Ask Questions
❖ Spend time with Attorneys asking questions
➢ Enables you to discover if you’re comfortable with the
lawyer.
➢ You should know about the attorney’s legal history,
experience with judges and more.

9. Contact Us:
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Glendale, CA 91206.
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