As divorce lawyers with years of experience, we have a few suggestions for you, as the client, to help you get the best representation possible.
- Please be polite. We’re here to help you; we are not the enemy. While divorce can be an emotionally charged process, try to remember that your attorney really is on your side.
- Please ask questions. We can’t know exactly how much you understand about what’s happening unless you let us know when something doesn’t make sense.
- By the same token, please try to understand the explanations we give you; if we have to answer the same question over and over, we can’t move on to the next issue that needs to be dealt with.
- If we ask you to do some “homework,” please be as thorough and accurate as possible. The court system often requires very specific documentation, and often you are the only person who can provide those materials.
- Please be prompt, both to appointments and to court. Likewise, please take appointments seriously—we can’t help you if you don’t show up.
- Finally, please be truthful. If you are not forthcoming with the details of your situation or your life, we can’t anticipate how best to handle your case. The attorney-client relationship implies, and requires, a certain level of trust. We recognize that trusting a near stranger with the most intimate details of your life, at a time when that life seems to be disintegrating, can be a real leap of faith, but it can also be the first step toward getting that life back on track.
