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THE FIRM’S FAMILY LAW MISSION STATEMENT
To treat you, the
client, with respect and courtesy.
To handle your legal
matter competently and diligently, in accordance with the highest
standards of the profession.
To exercise
independent professional judgment on your behalf.
To assist you in
confronting and minimizing the adverse effects of the relationship,
financial and emotional aspects of divorce, parentage and related
modification actions.
To
confront something means to look squarely at it and measure it, and to
take a course of action that will make a substantive positive
difference.
To assist you to be at
cause in your relationships with your spouse, former spouse, the other
parent of your children, your children and the legal system.
To educate you in
understanding the process of divorce or other legal actions, and to
explain the available approaches to these challenges.
To assist you in
finding the most beneficial resolution to the challenges you confront.
We will charge you a
reasonable fee and explain in advance how that fee will be computed and
billed.
We will provide you
with value in proportion to cost.
THE FAMILY LAW CLIENT’S MISSION STATEMENT
To know what your
principles are and tell your attorney about them.
Principles are your personal rules that you will not compromise
on. Principles will influence how you perceive and address certain
issues.
Principles should be grounded in a sound moral or ethical code
that serves you and a broader society.
To be willing to find
ground for settlement on practical matters.
To be in present time,
that is to be in the here and now, leaving your emotional investment in
the history of the matter or other matters out.
If
you need help with being in present time, as I sometimes do, I know of
resources that have supported me, that I think are cost effective, and
that may support you.
To pay attention and
understand what is happening.
You
need to be in present time to be able to pay attention and rationally
analyze what is happening with accuracy, efficiency and consistency.
If
you do not understand, something you are concerned about, you must ask
about it; do not bypass a word or expression you do not understand.
To read and understand
the bill and ask questions about the bill if you don’t understand a
billing entry.
To pay the bill
promptly in accordance with the fee agreement.
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