The Social Security Disability system can be a particularly complex system in which to navigate. An attorney who specializes in Social Security Disability issues can help you with any step in the Social Security Disability process, including assisting you with eligibility issues, launching an appeal of a decision to deny you benefits and dealing with the reduction or termination of your benefits.
The estate planning lawyer specializes in wills and trusts, and can help you to draw up a will to pass on your assets. Among other estate planning legal services, this type of lawyer can help you set up a trust which will help take care of your children’s financial needs.
Also known as an IP attorney, an intellectual property lawyer can advise you with regard to issues relating to intellectual property, such as copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design and trade secrets.
The foundation of every civil lawsuit starts with an injury or a loss. Defining the nature of the injury or loss sets the lawsuit’s course. Find out how to identify your injury or loss and look at the broader context of a lawsuit.
The sense of powerlessness and - yes - fear, which lawyers engender in their clients, means that they choke off a key element of customer feedback: complaints.
And, as a recent piece of YouGov research commissioned by the Legal Ombudsman and Legal Services Board Consumer Panel shows, that threat is one of the central reasons why lawyers have been so slow to adapt their practice to modern customer demands.
Ultimately, however, the obligation is on lawyers to deal with complaints properly themselves and to signpost customers to us if they can't resolve the issue. With big brands poised to enter the legal market, now is not the time for lawyers to retrench into old behaviours. The likes of the Co-op, Saga and the AA did not grow to their current size by ignoring the views of their customers. Law is a service industry and, ultimately, the customer will decide.