Question to all
Have you found many "full out" divorce only lawyers that do not give the "free" first consult to see if the fit is right before starting the big shell out of cash? There is two listed divorce specialissts here in Kingston. I had the return call for the first today.
$400 to sit down. (A few extra minutes if required - no extra charge) I admit i need the help and I am getting into my head that get in front of a judge will cost 15 to 20K. The clerk I spoke with said, "I really do not think there is many lawyers here in town that do the free consults anymore!" I was at a super stressed moment when she called (always the way I guess) and i did tell her that i knew it was going to take money - but I didn't have $400 a shot to sit in front of say three or four Lawyers to see if I can find the right one...... One that left me comfortable with their experience in the more complicated disability issues I face. I shudder to think of a lawyer having to bill for time to learn and represent the disability issues that are part of my case - any where near $400 and I mideaswell go find a gun now! (just in case that would be a self inflicted wound in the backside where my wallet used to sit in my back pocket!
Seriously - I would have liked to know if a lawyer has the specific experience at their rates - and more important - what their policy is for billing the learning part - if that was what is was going to take.
So does anybody have a take on the first consult fees when they did their searches?? (this maybe because Kingston isn't huge and there is only two official divorce specialists listed with the Canadian Law Society......
Have you found many "full out" divorce only lawyers that do not give the "free" first consult to see if the fit is right before starting the big shell out of cash? There is two listed divorce specialissts here in Kingston. I had the return call for the first today.
$400 to sit down. (A few extra minutes if required - no extra charge) I admit i need the help and I am getting into my head that get in front of a judge will cost 15 to 20K. The clerk I spoke with said, "I really do not think there is many lawyers here in town that do the free consults anymore!" I was at a super stressed moment when she called (always the way I guess) and i did tell her that i knew it was going to take money - but I didn't have $400 a shot to sit in front of say three or four Lawyers to see if I can find the right one...... One that left me comfortable with their experience in the more complicated disability issues I face. I shudder to think of a lawyer having to bill for time to learn and represent the disability issues that are part of my case - any where near $400 and I mideaswell go find a gun now! (just in case that would be a self inflicted wound in the backside where my wallet used to sit in my back pocket!
Seriously - I would have liked to know if a lawyer has the specific experience at their rates - and more important - what their policy is for billing the learning part - if that was what is was going to take.
So does anybody have a take on the first consult fees when they did their searches?? (this maybe because Kingston isn't huge and there is only two official divorce specialists listed with the Canadian Law Society......