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How
To Find a US Lawyer
If you
are considering hiring a lawyer to represent you and are unfamiliar
with the attorneys in your area, you may contact your county chapter
of the American Bar Association
(ABA). The ABA sets ethical standards and guidelines for practicing
lawyers and authorizes them to practice in a given state). The Bar Associations
offer legal referral services.
Below are
links to Bar Association sites for several states, containing lawyer
referral service information for different counties:
Telephone:
(212) 626-7373 (English); (212) 626-7374 (Spanish)
E-mail: LRS@abcny.org
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
!
A legal
aid clinic is a low-cost or no-cost clinic available to low-income residents
of a given area. For information about legal clinics and other reduced-fee
legal services in your area, visit Findlaw Consumer Center's legal
aid clinic page:
http://consumer.findlaw.com/lawyers/clinics.html