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The client is the one with the legal problem and must live with the legal results. You need to define , including if you are being sued and . The more you learn what the , including the , specific that may be , and effective , , and does those things, the better the result.Litigation is time consuming, , and risky. Someone has to If you get an hourly attorney, you pay. If you get a contingency attorney, the contingency attorney initially pays with his or her time and money. If you get a result, then you pay from the proceeds.The client will bear the burden of everything necessary or suffering the consequences. So, these resources are designed to help you help yourself.
Working with your Attorney
Summary
The purpose of this communication is to help you learn what you need to in order to get the best legal results possible. The key points are:
for all that time and money paid to third parties, like the court, process servers, etc., as well as take all that risk. Details
Define what you want
First, you need to define , including if you are being sued and .
As a preview, If you want something from somebody else, meaning you are plaintiff, you get what you want either by persuading the other side to voluntarily do what you want or by winning a lawsuit and enforcing that judgment. If somebody else wants something from you, meaning you are a defendant, you get out of lawsuit if the other party voluntarily lets you out, or if either side wins. That’s pretty much it.
Communicate effectively with your attorney
Next, you need to be able to to your attorney, and skip providing characterizations, emotions, opinions and legal conclusions.
In order to understand the attorney, it may help you to .
Understand your attorney-client agreement
If you are concerned with the attorney-client agreement, you may want to read a summary of that , or you may want to see an .
Basically, the agreement is between you and the attorney for the attorney to do the best possible job to get the results you want, and in exchange you promise to pay the attorney, tell the truth in answering all questions asked, and show up for required hearings and trial.
While you are considering the attorney-client agreement, you should understand , and if so, how much and how.
You probably should know that lots of other people and companies need to get paid money to litigate a lawsuit, so it could be helpful to understand what are the in a lawsuit and how you may be able to estimate those costs. As a preview, litigation is expensive, even if you exclude the attorney fees.
Because litigation is expensive and risky, many attorneys require that you pay money for a .
Accept that this is your case, you must live with the results, it is your burden and obligation to understand
This is a lot of information. So, if you are confused and , read the blog on not understanding.
What happens if the attorney-client relationship does not work
Test what you learned here
Where to find other help
Also, Ted Broomfield Law wants to help anyone who is not an opposing party, even if you don’t hire Ted Broomfield. So, if you need more help, check out our .
If you have a specific question that Ted Broomfield has blogged on, you may be able to educate yourself on the details of that matter by reading a blog:
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