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Texas divorce FAQ: Can one lawyer represent both spouses?
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A lawyer cannot give advice to opposing sides of the same lawsuit.
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What to Expect in Your First Meeting with a Divorce Lawyer
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Like going to the doctor, people often put off consulting with a divorce attorney because they are afraid to hear bad news or cannot bear to face the problem.
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How Can You Control Your Legal Costs?
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Taking the things that you cannot control into account, you can do some things to make your time with your lawyer more cost effective and control your legal costs to some extent.
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Divorce Attorney Expectations
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You are going through divorce — you retain an attorney and at the end of the day you have a visceral reaction — you either love or hate your divorce attorney. While a good attorney could use his legal knowledge and skills to get you a better settlement, the facts of your case largely determine the outcome of your case. So why then, do clients have such extreme reactions to their lawyers?
In large measure, the client’s satisfaction with his legal representation is directly related to his expectations from the attorney-client relationship. So what can the client expect of his attorney?
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Save Attorneys Fees Through Email
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Most of our clients are very comfortable using email for their informal correspondence to friends and family. Not every client is accustomed to using email as a form of business communication, however. In some instances misuse of email in client correspondence can misdirect and even hinder an attorney’s effectiveness in the case.
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Tips for controlling attorney’s fees.
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Make no mistake about it, divorces can be quite expensive. Notwithstanding, there are several ways that you can help reduce the amount of attorney and paralegal fees you incur in your case. As a Dallas divorce attorney our office has found that the following are quite helpful in controlling costs:…
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It is best to win without fighting.
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Recently I posted an entry about the lamb, the bulldog and the fox, In keeping with that post it is fitting to share an entry which describes the perils of being overly aggressive. In Fox Rothchild’s New Jersey Family Law Blog the author described how fighting for the sake of fighting distracts the court from the two most important things: (1) our client; and (2) our client’s rights and needs.
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You look so nice, but can you be mean?
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I recently came across a blog written by an Alabama divorce attorney that covers one of the questions our firm is asked a lot: You look so nice, but can you be “mean”? Typically people come into our office looking not only for a way to move on with their lives, but also for some sort of revenge.
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