How to Find the Best Employment Lawyer For You - Cortney Shegerian

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How to Find the Best Employment Lawyer For You
Cortney Shegerian
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Go to the State Bar Website

• Hands down, the best place to start researching a
  lawyer is the State Bar of Californias website.
  There, you can look up attorneys by name and see
  their credentials and history.
• The State Bars website has the following
  information for each California lawyer
• Contact information, including address, phone,
  fax, and email
• Undergraduate and law schools
• County
• State Bar sections that they are involved in
• Date of admission and status history
• Bar number
• Practice areas (optional)
• Website (optional)
• Actions affecting eligibility to practice law
  (such as discipline).

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 Explore the Lawyers Website

• Go to the lawyers website. Read her bio. Find
  out what shes done. See if there are certain
  types of cases she handles. Look at her bar
  associations and memberships. Look at her
  speaking engagements and publications. See if you
  can get a sense of what shes like.

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Interview the Attorney and Ask the Right Questions

• When you speak with the attorney, below are some
  questions you can ask. You may be able to find
  out some of these answers via the lawyers
  website.

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Prefer Employee-Only Advocates

• If I was seeking an attorney to handle an
  adversarial matter like yours is, I would
  prefer to hire an attorney who only represents
  employees, and does not assist employers.

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