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Worry less. Hire right.
date when you’re going to sign your documents? When will you know the date when you will receive your documents?
Hiring an attorney can be a stressful and scary experience. You want to protect your loved ones and you don’t know how the attorney creates their pricing or if you’re getting enough value for the money or if the attorney has enough experience to actually do what you need them to do.
What do you need to look for when hiring an attorney – especially for estate or eldercare planning?
1. Is Estate Planning and Eldercare or Elder Law all that they do? This is called specializing and it means that the attorney will be studying only those areas of law and should be more knowledgeable about them.
2. Does the attorney have staff? Attorneys that have no staff or only one person working for them may not return calls promptly.
3. Ask the attorney what their process is for returning calls and responding to email.
4. Do they have a process for handling their cases? When will you know the
5. Has the attorney followed their own advice? Ask if they have an estate plan for their own family.
6. What about their business? Do they have a backup plan for their law firm in case something happens to them?
7. Is the attorney easy to talk to and compassionate? Does he or she listen to you (without seeming to be focused on what they want to say)?
At Wilson Legal, we’ve been focused on Estate Planning and Eldercare or Elder Law since 2008 taking double the required hours of continuing education most years. Our clients find the first conversation to be easier than they expected, and they leave knowing exactly when they will come back to sign documents and receive delivery of their plan because we book dates in advance and often at the first appointment. We have a team of seven (7) people all helping to make sure each step in the process is smooth and that calls are answered and return calls are scheduled. Worry less. Choose Wilson Legal and hire right for estate planning and eldercare services. Call 770-205-7861 to schedule an initial consultation or visit our website at www.wilson-legal. com to find out more.
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