How We Work

We understand that paying for legal services can be difficult. That’s why we accept all major credit cards – Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. We do not offer payment plans. Most of our work is done at an hourly rate. We will quote a retainer fee, which must be paid prior to our commencing work. There are certain matters that we can handle on a flat fee basis and there are others that we handle on contingency fee basis. We charge in the following different ways:

• Flat Fee
  The client pays an up-front fixed fee for the completion of a specified amount of work. This is often used for cases and tasks with a predictable amount of work, such as wills, separation agreements, District Court matters, and most criminal and traffic cases.
• Hourly
  All work done by the attorney is charged by the hour, or a fraction thereof. This is a common method of billing in cases where it is impossible to estimate the number of hours that will be spent on the case, such as divorce and custody cases, and complex civil matters.
• Contingency Fee
  For personal injury cases and certain other civil cases, an attorney may opt for a contingency fee agreement, which means that the client pays only from the proceeds won in a case, either by way of settlement or trial.
  We will discuss these arrangements with you when you call for your free initial consultation.