3 Reasons to Get an Attorney

Are you starting up a new business? Are you recently divorced and your ex won’t adhere to predetermined custody arrangements? Are you currently in dire financial straits and require legal expertise in order to file for bankruptcy? If you answered yes to any one of the previous questions, then it sounds like you are in the market for a lawyer. While lawyers are typically conceived purposeful for criminal cases involving unlawful behavior or civil cases involving disputes over large sums of money, they also provide services to clients who merely require their knowledge and expertise in an effort to remedy disputes involving everyday life. It is the intention of this article to discuss three reasons to get an attorney.

The first and perhaps least obvious reason to get an attorney can be to seek guidance with the startup of a new business. Many new business owners don’t realize that a critical part of the initial process of starting a business involves having someone on your team, either an occasional consultant or consistently on retainer, who can assess and appropriately deal with legal issues pertaining to your business. In doing so, they will be able to advise you with respect to necessary actions in an effort to help you avoid financially ruining circumstances, such as those pertaining to structural liabilities or insurance coverage, based on their knowledge and expertise. Another reason to get an attorney is to enforce or establish custody arrangements during or after a divorce. Now this one is particularly tricky for the parent initiating the custody hearing because they may be tempted to act without the approval of the courts. Referring to either your current lawyer or finding a new one to pursue your case is paramount to the extent that acting alone may indeed harm your chances of obtaining full or partial custody, even if you are the more suitable parent or guardian. In such instances, it is far better to assert yourself under the guise of the law, via a lawyer than to take matters into your own hands and potentially lose any grounding you may have had. The third reason to get an attorney is to acquire legal guidance throughout the bankruptcy filing process. In this instance, a bankruptcy lawyer can provide interpretations of the law, unbiased advice as well as court room representation for you and/or any associated parties in an effort to diminish or altogether eliminate your debt.

Although there are a multitude of reasons to get a lawyer, when most of us think of the services that they provide we tend to gravitate towards criminal cases and big time civil cases. However, the truth of the matter is that lawyers handle all sorts of cases, both large and small, most of which pertain to providing legal counseling to the average person. As a result, if you find yourself or someone you know in a situation such as starting a new business, a custody dispute or preparing to file for bankruptcy, a call to an attorney should be the first one you make.