The following divorce tip might not be completely new to you. It is quite possible that you may already putting this into action without realizing the added benefit it may have. There is, however, a means to locking in the top divorce lawyers in town, without having to officially hire any of them. This divorce tactic is based solely on a lttle thing known as attorney-client privileges. To put it simply, your soon to be ex-wife will not be able to hire a divorce attorney that you have already had a meeting with and talked to at length about your divorce case.
The concept would be to set up and attend meetings or consultations with 4 to 8 of the most notable divorce attorneys from around your county. A lot of these attorneys offer intial consultations at no charge in an attempt to convince you that they are the ideal person to work for you as part of your divorce proceedings. You may find that some will tack on a small fee (ie $75), but they will likely get into more information about your divorce. A small group of the veteran attorneys might actually ask for payment that will amount to their actual hourly rate ($150 – $300). Many of these services may result in some type of action occuring by the time your consultation is over, which is exactly what happened to me. Regardless of what takes place during your meeting with the attorney, as long as you spend a decent amount of time going over the specifics of you divorce, it will create a professional relationship. This results in a conflict of interest if any of these divorce attorneys were to even spend time talking to your soon-to-be ex, and it gets even worse if they were to actually represent her in your divorce.
And so essentially, it really is your choice concerning how much effort and money that you want to put into this. If you live in a small city, this can be quite a potent divorce strategy, but if you reside in a larger metropolitan area it’s less likely that you could take the time or spend the amount of money it would take to essentially “lock in” every good divorce attorney in your area. But on the other hand, you might get to feel the aggravation yourself when you find that several divorce attorneys that you try to contact can’t even give you the time of day because your wife has gotten to them first. But it does go to show you that there is still some benefit to not hiring the first attorney that you talk to.
