 I Wish3If I could be anything it won't be youPremium
join:2009-03-25 | reply to Mr Neutron
Re: contract to take over feiends house said by Mr Neutron:You might try a Google search with the phrase "legal aid" along with your city or state. "Legal Aid" is the last thing I would recommend to anyone, they are lawyers that can't make it on their own. |
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 Mr NeutronLooks like I picked the wrong week toPremium
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Gorham, ME | said by I Wish3:said by Mr Neutron:You might try a Google search with the phrase "legal aid" along with your city or state. "Legal Aid" is the last thing I would recommend to anyone, they are lawyers that can't make it on their own. True, Legal Aid lawyers are the last lawyers I would recommend to someone who has money.
Does the OP have money? I don't have the answer to that, which is why I brought up Legal Aid. What the OP is looking to do shouldn't take that much time or effort. After all, he's looking to assume a mortgage, not engineer a corporate takeover.
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 GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | reply to I Wish3
said by I Wish3:said by Mr Neutron:You might try a Google search with the phrase "legal aid" along with your city or state. "Legal Aid" is the last thing I would recommend to anyone, they are lawyers that can't make it on their own. That's not necessarily true. In fact, the public legal aid clinic where I volunteered in Chicago mostly had lawyers like me. We came from the top and highest paying law firms in the city. It was part of our job to put in a significant amount of hours into pro-bono work.
I guarantee that you wouldn't have been be able to afford much time with us at our rates had you hired us. But, as pro-bono clients, we worked hard and knew what we were doing. You basically had the resources of hundreds of the best and brightest attorneys.
I know it's at least partly similar in Berkley, CA as well. Recently, I recall seeing that Wilson Sonsini was at least one of the law firms on the legal aid roster.
I think it's likely in most places you'll see this. It's the less capitalized firms that don't do much pro bono or legal aid work. And the ones that do have a passion for the law, so they'll do a good job as well. |
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I Wish3If I could be anything it won't be youPremium
join:2009-03-25 | Isn't there a different from pro-bono lawyers then actual Legal aid lawyers? |
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 Greg_ZPremium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | reply to I Wish3
said by I Wish3:said by Mr Neutron:You might try a Google search with the phrase "legal aid" along with your city or state. "Legal Aid" is the last thing I would recommend to anyone, they are lawyers that can't make it on their own. Incorrect. Legal Aid is Federally funded to help those that cannot afford the huge retainers. The lawyers work on a sliding scale, and actually can make it on their own, but choose to reach out to those that cannot afford a higher cost attorney fee. |
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GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | reply to I Wish3
said by I Wish3:Isn't there a different from pro-bono lawyers then actual Legal aid lawyers? True. But there are few legal aid lawyers and MANY law firm lawyers that do legal aid work as firm pro-bono. We also did other non-legal aid pro-bono as well. |
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I Wish3If I could be anything it won't be youPremium
join:2009-03-25 | Never knew Pro-bono lawyers where also classifed as Legal Aid lawyers. Learn something everyday. Thanks for clearing that up for me. |
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GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | We weren't really classified as legal aid lawyers. It was volunteer work. Kind of what anybody else does when they help out a charitable organization. |
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