Finding the Best Possible Lawyer to Represent You
You may have never thought of this. There are probably thousands of lawyers in your area. However, there are very few who specialize in helping people who are facing foreclosure. Of those few there are a smaller number skilled at getting the best outcome for their clients.
If you are facing foreclosure and want the best lawyer in your area to represent you how do you find them?
First – you don’t call a lawyer who handles real estate closings. While they may be great at real estate closings, they may never have worked on a case involving foreclosure. Their learning curve may be just as great as yours.
You don’t call a criminal lawyer. They specialize in criminal law. They may have no desire to look at the laws dealing with foreclosure.
You don’t contact a lawyer who does estate planning. True – they do deal with finances; however, they focus on maximizing a person’s estate and probably have never looked at what happens when a mortgage company starts the foreclosure process.
You need a lawyer who spends their working hours every day of every week on cases involving foreclosure. They need to know all they can about foreclosures. They need to be able to look at your unique situation and figure out the best course of action for you to get the upper hand on your foreclosure and to protect you and your family.
You find this lawyer through research. You call the Bar association in your county and you ask them for the names of the lawyers who specialize in helping people with foreclosures.
Then you find out about each one. How successful are they? Do they do a good job for each of their clients? You can get some general information on this form the Bar Association. Then you ask lawyers that you know or other people that may have had contact with them.
When you find two or three whom you feel may do a good job for you, you contact each one. Explain that you are facing foreclosure. Say that you want to find out a little about their services. Ask for a free consultation. This may last for 20 to 30 minutes.
In each consultation tell them about your specific case. Find out how they would handle your case. What would they do for you? Also find out what they charge and how they get paid for their services?
After you have met with each one, take some time and reflect on your impressions of each one. Pick the one whom you feel will do the best job for you.
Any lawyer you hire may charge a fee upfront to start working on your case. This is a common practice.
In my EBook for people facing foreclosure, I go into this in more detail. You may want to check that out.
Much Success,
Mark Elkins
