Baltimore city lawyer referral information service

You will receive written notice that your application has been approved. At that point, referrals may be received instantly. When we send a referral client to your office, as a courtesy, our paralegals will call personally to transfer the client. Regardless, you will always receive a Confirmation Report via email notifying you of the referral client, contact information and the details of their case.

The client will contact you to schedule a consultation. You are responsible for completing and returning the Confirmation Report within 30 days of the referral and notify us on the status of the referral.

We refer cases to you solely based on your application. If your practice area focus has changed since completing your application, please contact our office immediately, and direct the referral client back to our office. Re-referring clients is absolutely prohibited, and can result in an immediate suspension of your membership. If you can not directly assist a referral client, we ask that you send them back to our office so that we can send them to another member that may be able to assist them.

There is no exception to this policy. This means that if the client comes back to you the attorney , 5 months or 1 year after the fact with a new issue, LRIS is not entitled to percentage fees. An individual whose workspace does not comply with these requirements must arrange to meet with clients in a permissible law office for the initial consultation. Age Select one Under 14 25 or older. How did you hear about us? Now Available!

Clinics and Resources View All Resources. Tell us about yourself. Student Youth serving professional Parent Other Next. The lawyer referral service can help you find a local attorney that speak a second language, including Spanish.

The service in Baltimore City has more than 30 different practice areas of the law including personal injury, auto accidents, business law, bankruptcy, elder law, employment law, family law, divorce, immigration law, probate, trusts, real estate law, social security disability, tax law, and workers' compensation.

Those attorneys are ready to answer you general legal questions. If you need more assistance, you can request a referral to an experienced attorney for a more detailed 30 minute consultation.

The local bar association operates a LRIS and a hotline using volunteer attorneys. All of our lawyers are in private practice and do not work for free. If after the consultation you decide to hire the lawyer we referred you to, depending on the area of law, our attorneys are paid on an hourly, flat fee or contingency basis. The details of fees should be addressed during your consultation.

If you have limited means, LRIS offers reduced fee services through its Access to Justice Program and for certain legal matters, Contact us for more information. Need a Lawyer?