This site is currently in its marketing phase and will be totally live by Jan. 1, 2001. Using the Advanced Search may yield better results until then. When the average person is faced with a legal problem, their most common reaction is to look for an attorney. The law is so complex that effective legal representation is best left to the trained professionals. To avoid unnecessary costs and time delays, it is helpful to understand the way that attorneys work before hiring one.
Many attorneys specialize in a particular area of the law.
For example, some attorneys only work on criminal defense cases, or patent cases, or personal injury cases. Many law firms have several different specialists. Other attorneys may be capable of taking on more than one type of case. General practitioners offer representation on the widest assortment of cases, but even they do not agree to represent all clients. Attorneys decide what cases to take based on a number of factors.