The Pitfalls of How, When, Where and Why To Hire Lawyers And How to Use A Consultant To Do So And Lower Your Legal Fees

About the Book

Legal breakthrough to help the public select lawyers with associated available consultant services designed to save substantial money on legal fees in virtually all areas of practice especially negligence injuries, matrimonial, criminal litigation, foreclosures, wills and estates and general practice matters. The consultation is designed to substantially lower your legal fees and if your matter is successful to return the consulting fees paid in aid of guiding attorney selection. The book is also designed to provide the necessary items and concepts to allow the reader to elect self-help in the selection process. Topics include, In the Lawyer’s Defense; Civil, Criminal and In-Between Matters; Private Do-Gooder Actions; Mediation and Arbitration; Pre-Hiring Considerations; Areas of Concern -“The Titanic Ballroom Reception”; Law Clerks and Former Partners; The Lawyer as a Person In Transference of Identity; Meetings; Jury Selection; Big Firm, Little Firm; Law School Attendance; Advertising; Lawyers As Guarantors; Specialty Lawyers; Insurance Matters; Bar Association Referrals; Directories - General & Specific; Yellers & Screamers; Lying and Other Sleaze; Fees and Commitments; Loans, Advances & Recovery; Non-Legal Lawyer Assets; Rules of Conduct; References; Avoidance Criteria; Confidential Understandings; Safekeeping of Funds; Certain Concerns; Avoiding Your Own Mistakes; Preparation; Appeals and How to Replace Your Lawyer.

About the Author

STEPHEN SCHNITZER, ESQ. PRESIDENT: STEPHEN SCHNITZER, ESQ., P.A. A Professional Corporation 40 West Northfield Road Livingston, New Jersey 07039 (973) 533-1212 Tel. (973) 533-0502 Fax. (201) 618-2300 Cell CURRICULUM VITAE Stephen Schnitzer, born Newark, New Jersey, April 6, 1943; admitted to New Jersey bar, 1968, New Jersey; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court. Preparatory education, The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1965); legal education, Rutgers University (J.D., 1968). Member, Rutgers Law Review, 1966-1967, 1967-1968. Law Lecturer, Suffolk Law School, 1968-1969. Special Assistant to Administrative Director of the Court, Honorable Edward O'Connel, 1965. Law Secretary to Honorable Sidney Goldmann, Presiding Judge, Appellate Division, 1968-1969; New Jersey Supreme Court, pro tem. Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, 1970. General Counsel, New Jersey Quarter Horse Association, Inc., 1975 and forward; G.J. Chemical Co., Inc. and associated entities, 1985-; Krajack Tank Lines, Inc., 1985-; Vitusa Products, Inc. and its affiliate chemical distribution entities, 1986-. Member, Advisory Board, Organization of Women for Legal Awareness, 1976-. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State, Federal (Member, Counsel on Antitrust and Trade Regulation, 1974-) and American (Charter Member, 1973- and Member, Circuit Committee of the Business Torts subsection, Section on Litigation, 1974-, Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Family Law; Criminal Justice. Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society. Appointed United States Federal Court arbitrator (1987) District of New Jersey; member of HALT, the organization of Americans for Legal Reform: listed for years last past in the directory of Legal Malpractice Attorneys 1989 to date. Qualified and engaged as a legal malpractice expert statewide in the areas including but not limited to Civil Procedure, Real Estate, Real Estate Titles, Criminal law, Matrimonial law, general and complex litigation, bankruptcy, foreclosure, general practice and related matters. Author: The Pitfalls of How, When, Where and Why to Hire Lawyers; Bad Vespers, “A Novel of Assassination”; Adam & Eve & Rick & Jane By God a 12/21/2012 Revelation.