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Posted: 1/22/2009 10:54:30 AM EST
There is a specific attorney I would like to consult with however their consultation fee is $200

Is it possible to find a list of all the attorneys that the oregon state bar refers to? That way I can just call them up and say the OSB referred me and get a $35.00 consultation fee.

Can the OSB refer to any attorney?
Link Posted: 1/22/2009 11:15:02 AM EST
[#1]
one, they are lawyers... they all over charge.
two, I doubt they (the Bar) will refer a specific person.


Not sure but maybe the online "Angie's List"  (like criagslist but used to refer people to "respectable/honest" professionals.

oh and good luck finding a "respectable/honest" lawyer....

Try a certified Legal Aid, they are do must of what a laywer can do, except criminal law.
Link Posted: 1/22/2009 11:52:10 AM EST
[#2]
Quoted:
one, they are lawyers... they all over charge.
two, I doubt they (the Bar) will refer a specific person.


Not sure but maybe the online "Angie's List"  (like criagslist but used to refer people to "respectable/honest" professionals.

oh and good luck finding a "respectable/honest" lawyer....

Try a certified Legal Aid, they are do must of what a laywer can do, except criminal law.



I want to go to this specific attorney... I am just trying to find a way to meet with them that doesn't cost $200.00.........
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 11:52:14 AM EST
[#3]
If you want to meet with this specific attorney, and his consultation fee is $200, then you're either going to pay it or you're not going to see him. And trying to bilk the guy by claiming you're entitled to some discount as a result of a bar referral is no way to win friends or influence a lawyer to take your case.



Link Posted: 1/26/2009 1:06:49 PM EST
[#4]
Not sure what Oregon Bar practices are but the state bars are usually the regulatory body that governs all lawyers licensed to practice in that state.

About the only "referral" programs facilitated by the local state bars to specific attorneys are for pro bono referrals to charity-minded attorneys who put themselves on the list.  Usually there is some means testing to get this kind of referral.

If the guy can charge $200 per consultation and keep all his hours billed for the year, by definition he's worth it and you should pony up if you want to talk to him.

It may depend on the state but there are legal aides, which are secertaries, paralegals or JD's who haven't passed the bar yet and who are not allowed to practice law or give legal advice and there is Legal Aid, which employs attorneys as salaried state employees to assist low/no income persons in certain limited areas of civil law.

Again, not familiar with Oregon so YMMV.
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