When I hired a lawyer for my son's adoption, I was inexperienced with the world of attorneys (outside of my brother being one.) The first thing we did was ask people we knew if they could recommend a good family lawyer. A few names kept coming up over and over, so we gave them each a call. Two out of three of the offices offered free consultations, so we made appointments with both. We were having a private adoption, so we had no idea what sort of fees we were going to be looking at. What we did know was free was in our budget. We went to both appointments and there were obvious … [Read more...]