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Choosing a lawyer can be a difficult task, so here are a few suggestions to insure to choose a proper one for your legal affairs.

• Lawyers should be chosen for specific tasks such as when selling property, when you are making a will or when starting a business, divorce or separation.
• Lawyers should be used when you are in a crisis situation such as personal injury has occurred or in a wrongful death situation.
• Lawyers have hefty price tags; it is very advisable to set up a pay-as-you-go agreement, preferably on a monthly or quarterly basis.
• Lawyers who litigate cases regularly tend to position cases differently than lawyers whose primary goal is simply to settle the case, and insurance companies and defense lawyers see the difference.
• Lawyers who do divorces one day, bankruptcies the next and criminal matters on yet a third, may not have the time or experience to make the substantial commitment that specializing requires.

Lawyers may specialize in a number of areas, such as bankruptcy, probate, international, elder, or environmental law. They’re sometimes employed full time by a single client and increasingly use various forms of technology to perform more efficiently. Lawyers must be geographically mobile and able to reach their clients in a timely matter, so they might use electronic filing, web and videoconferencing, and voice-recognition technology to share information more effectively. Most of their work is done in offices, law libraries, and courtrooms. Lawyers who are in private practice may work irregular hours while conducting research, conferring with clients, or preparing briefs during non-office hours.

Attorneys who specialize in your area are also likely to work more quickly because they will have on hand the applicable law and form documents. Salaries of experienced attorneys vary widely according to the type, size, and location of their employer.

To find an attorney in your area, visit our attorney directory for Portland, OR or visit our nationwide attorney directory to perform a free lawyer search. It’s FREE and takes seconds to match you up to the right lawyer.