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Criminal Defense: Choosing An Attorney to Defend Your Rights When you are arrested and charged with a crime, the consequences are very serious.  Depending on the type of crime or illegal conduct that you are charged with, you may face many years in prison, loss of your job, driver’s license, family problems, and the list goes on.  The first and foremost action that you should take when accused of and illegal act – a crime- is to retain a criminal defense attorney. Get legal advice and counsel immediately. Choosing a criminal defense attorney is a serious decision and should be carefully considered. Being prosecuted forRead More →

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What is “Retaining an Attorney” ? Most people have heard the term “retain a lawyer” or you need to “retain an attorney”.  Unless you have had to actually engaged the services of an attorney or lawyer.  You probably are not sure what retaining an Attorney means.  The term retain simply means to engage or hire an attorney by a payment of a preliminary fee, a retainer fee. So retaining an attorney means to hire a lawyer. What is an attorney retainer fee? Not all attorneys will charge a retainer fee, and certainly the retainer fees will vary between lawyers.  But, in general, a retainer is anRead More →