Attorneys

How to Choose a Divorce Attorney
Executive Summary About Attorneys By Danielle L. Taylor

When you are getting divorced or are about to get divorced, it's very important that your best interests are protected. For this reason, you may decide to hire a divorce attorney to represent you in the court case. How do you know which attorney to hire? Well, there are several different things you want to look at before hiring any attorney so that you can be sure that he or she will protect you to the best of their ability. Here are some important tips on how to choose a divorce attorney.

Get Recommendations - If you know someone else who has gone through a divorce, you can ask for names of attorneys that they used. Of course, if possible you want to get some information on how the lawyer worked for them and what the result of the court case was. Many times, this is the best way to obtain a lawyer because you're able to get inside information on how the lawyer performs, what sort of price he charges and how the court case turned out. You can ask your friends, family, business associates or other people that you're close to. This is a great way to find a competent divorce attorney to represent you in your divorce case.

Ask about the Attorney's Wins and Losses - While every attorney will not win EVERY one of his or her cases, it stands to reason that you want an attorney who has had more wins than losses. It's perfectly acceptable to ask an attorney about their previous cases as far as wins or losses, in fact - you should absolutely ask them. This will help you determine whether or not you want to hire them. The best idea is to speak to a few attorneys that you're interested in and compare information so that you can find the best one out of the bunch.

Are You Comfortable Talking with the Attorney? If you do speak with a few different attorneys, it's important to consider how comfortable you feel speaking to them. An attorney can only best represent you when you are comfortable with them and feel perfectly comfortable talking to them about the relationship and the things that transpired in the relationship. Again, compare your instincts and feelings about the attorneys you speak to so that you will know which one is right for you.

Ask about the Prices - Of course, the biggie is the price the attorney charges. You need to ask about prices with each of the divorce attorneys you speak with in order to determine the best value. Also, ask them if there are any 'hidden fees' or if you will only be paying the price they have quoted you over the telephone or during your consultation. This is important because many times, attorneys will tack on fees that you didn't know you would be charged. This can turn out to be a real pain, so make sure you ask this question. When you consider each of the points above, you will be able to choose a divorce attorney that you will feel comfortable with and that will fight for you to the best of his or her ability in the divorce.

Attorney Jobs

Asset Protection Attorney – Selecting the Right One for You
Executive Summary About Attorney Jobs By Ryan Alwood

Asset protection attorney selection is a very important and sometimes tricky task if you don’t know where to start. If you select the wrong asset protection attorney you may be setting yourself up for a major catastrophe.

The problem with finding the right asset protection attorney is that most attorneys know next to nothing about proper asset protection. Asset protection is a complicated specialization that demands your attorney know all about taxes, trusts, wills, Limited Liability Companies, Corporations, estate planning, personal corporations, and on and on.

Your average attorney will not have the experience or knowledge to do an adequate job. To find the best attorney for the job you may even need to look out of your state. Don’t worry, an experienced asset protection attorney will know your state laws and will be able to work with you.

When you’re first looking at what attorney to hire you must ask them several questions before hiring them. For example how much experience do they have? How long have they been doing asset protection and is that what they specialize in? Do they offer a free consultation before you pay anything? Do they know not only all about asset protection but taxes as well? Do they work with people out of state and are they knowledgeable about your state laws?

These are just a few questions you should consider when choosing an asset protection attorney. After you have selected a candidate you should ask them for a free consultation before you hire them. This will give you a good idea about what is needed for your situation and how much it will cost to complete a proper asset protection plan.

One more important issue to know about is that you should be hiring an attorney and not an “asset protection specialist.” You need to hire someone who is currently licensed to practice law and not some average Joe who read a book about asset protection once. Hiring an attorney also gives you certain privileges like the client-attorney confidentiality that an asset protection specialist cannot offer.

Lawyer Job

How To Get An Investment Banking Job As A Lawyer
Executive Summary About Lawyer Jobs By Ian Spellfield

Decided to go to law school, start working at a law firm, and realize you're actually more interested in finance and investment banking?

You're not alone.

It's fairly common for lawyers to switch into finance and investment banking specifically. There are several paths from law to investment banking.

You can get a banking job immediately after finishing law school; you can work as a law firm Associate for several years and then transition over; and you can go to business school after practicing for several years and interview for banking jobs as you complete your MBA.

It sounds appealing to go immediately from law school into investment banking. However, it is difficult to pull off and most banks do not recruit someone immediately out of law school. They would have difficulty placing the candidate and deciding whether to make him an Analyst or Associate.

This method becomes easier if you had finance experience prior to law school, in which case you just need to tell a good story about why you went to law school.

If you haven't had this experience, it's better to work for a few years at a law firm and transition over.

Going to business school after law school is only recommended if you've practiced in a completely unrelated legal field like Intellectual Property or Environmental Law.

How To Work In Law And Then Switch To Banking

You need to Corporate Law. Don't even think about Intellectual Property, Litigation, or anything else. Do Corporate Law.

Recruiting is ultimately a numbers game, and you increase your odds greatly if you have Corporate, Securities, or M&A legal experience.

Once you have a few years experience working on transactions, you can consider switching into finance.

Contact all your friends in the industry and ask for referrals to recruiters; contact former clients and ask about setting up informational meetings or discussing opportunities at their firms.

Target industries and clients you have experience with. If you worked with a lot of technology companies, go for technology investment banking firms; if you did Mergers And Acquisitions, go for the M&A departments at banks.

Also, try for boutiques and middle-market firms rather than bulge brackets unless you work at one of the top few law firms - it will be much easier to get into smaller places.

How To Sell Your Story In Interviews

With a Corporate Law background, there are 2 main points you'll need to prove: 1) that you have quantitative and finance skills and 2) that you really want to make a big career change even if you're on Partner track at your law firm.

You really need to focus on financial skills in your interview preparations. Know the 3 financial statements cold. Be able to explain models and valuation methods because they will ask you tons of questions here, especially if you were an English or History major and have no finance experience.

This is one of the few cases where getting a CFA might actually help you get into investment banking - it would give you the finance knowledge and show your interest in the field.

Making the case for a career change can actually be easier. You want to emphasize you were always interested in corporate finance and dealmaking, and went into Corporate Law for those reasons. However, you got frustrated with your inability to BE the dealmaker and how you had to just sit on the sidelines, and so now you want to switch into banking and be a player.