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WHEN DO YOU NEED A LAWYER?
Knowing when you need a lawyer can often save you more trouble and money.
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AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION . . .
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You've heard it before: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ...
Most people believe that the time to hire a lawyer is when a problem comes up. But, the best time to see a lawyer is BEFORE legal trouble starts. Just as preventive medicine can go a long way to prevent illness, preventive law can go a long way to avoid costly and worrisome legal problems.
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BENEFITS OF PREVENTIVE LAW
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The benefits are reaped by those persons who obtain legal advice at the beginning of the transaction. If you wait until after the deal is closed and all of a sudden there are misunderstandings or arguments about who is supposed to do what, you will probably end up in an expensive lawsuit. By paying a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars to a lawyer to review your papers BEFORE YOU SIGN, and advise you so you know exactly what you are getting into, you will likely save tens of thousands of dollars paying a lawyer to represent you in a lawsuit. Preventive law does not always keep you out of a lawsuit, since if you have little or no control over what someone else might do. However, it can help eliminate many of the lawsuits that are filed today.
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"YES" MEANS YOU NEED A LAWYER
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Answering "YES" to any of the following questions means you probably need a lawyer.
- Have you tried to fix the problem by talking directly to the "other side" and failed?
- Are you being threatened with legal action by a person or situation?
- Do you need someone who can go to bat for you, to speak on your behalf?
- Have you been served with papers? (summons, subpoenas, warrants?)
- Does the "other side" have a lawyer?
- Is the possible result greater than the cost of hiring a lawyer?
- Are you involved in a transaction that is very important to you?
- Are you (or your child/spouse) involved in the criminal law system?
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YOU PROBABLY WANT A LAWYER WHEN . . .
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You probably would want a lawyer in the following circumstances.
THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST
- Buying or selling real estate.
- When starting a new business, or buying an existing business.
- When you are thinking about investing in someone else's business.
- Setting up partnerships, corporations, or associations.
- Signing a lease or contract with significant financial commitments.
- Marriage, divorce, adoption, guardianships, conservatorships.
- When you want to prepare a living will or durable power of attorney.
- When you want to prepare a Will or Trust, or other Estate Plan.
- When someone in your family becomes extremely ill or dies.
- When you are injured on the job.
- When you are injured because someone else was negligent.
- When you are injured because you used an unsafe or defective product.
- When you unfairly lose your job or are treated badly in your job.
- When you are appearing before a government agency or board.
- When you are sued; or when you want to sue someone else.
- If you are arrested, charged with a crime, or under investigation for a crime.
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