Stages Involved In Selecting A Good New York Business Attorney

By Paulette Mason


Choosing a lawyer is not a difficult task. However choosing a good one is what is very difficult especially if you do not know how to go about it. This article considers some of the process involved in choosing a good New York business attorney.

It is important to note that there are basically three stages involved. That is the identification stage, the scrutiny stage and the selection stage. These stages will enable you to come up with a good lawyer who will provide to you quality services. These stages are further elaborated below.

The identification stage involves identifying several business lawyers. There are several options one can use in the identification. You can opt to use the various online directories in order to identify several lawyers.

The following are some of those ways. The first one is the use of online directories, there are several online directories which provide for the names of the lawyers, they contact address as well as the area of practice they are involved in. You can also visit the bar association to help you in the identification. The bar association normally have a referral program where they refer people to various attorneys.

The next process is the scrutiny. This involves the process of scrutinizing the lawyers to assist you remain with the good ones. At the identification stage you were just identifying without considering whether or not they are good. It is therefore important that you scrutinize them to eliminate those who are not qualified.

Only those who are experience should be left the rest who are not having relevant experience should be left out. The other factor of scrutiny to consider is the area of specialization. You should only go for the lawyers who are specialized in the area of business you are operation in. The others who are not specialized should be left out as well. The reputation of the lawyers as swell be used as a factor of scrutiny. The whole idea of doing the scrutiny is to compare the profiles of the identified lawyers and to remain with the best ones to proceed to the next stage which is the selection stage.

You can also go ahead and look out for their educational as well as their professional qualifications and eliminate them based on such qualifications. This will enable you to remain with lawyers who are good enough to handle your business case. It is important to note that the scrutiny should be conducted until such a time when you are only left with a handful of the lawyers whom you can then proceed with to the next process of selection.

At this stage you should also consider the fees they are charging for the services. You should ensure that you go for the one who is charging reasonable amount which you can comfortable pay. After conducting all these three stages, then you can be certain that the lawyer you have selected is actually a good one who will give you quality services.




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