Confidential Meetings Honesty No initial consult fee No Time Limit We treat you as if you were family. My law practice is in Divorce
This
is not the Yellow Pages. This is also not a website that’s full of
flashy features or spinning icons. However, this is a website that
will give you insight into what other lawyers may not share with you –
honest information about the process of a divorce in our court system.
“With other offices, you may meet with a firm’s figure-head attorney that will never handle your case”
“If I meet with you, I will personally handle your case from start to finish”
Many
first-time clients are anxious about meeting with an attorney regarding
divorce. Some people are worried their spouse will find out. Some
people think that they cannot meet with an attorney until a case is
filed. Some people even think that meeting with an attorney means they
must file a case. All not true.
First,
as far as the outside world is concerned, our meeting never took
place. These meetings are covered by the attorney-client privilege and
nothing discussed in this meeting may be discussed by the attorney with
anyone else. The meeting, and phone calls, with our office are secret
and confidential. These meetings also give you a sense about your
future comfort level with a particular attorney, often underestimated
during the hiring process.
Second,
most initial consultation meetings take place with husbands or wives
who are not currently involved in a divorce case, and in some instances
will not file a divorce case until months later. Educating yourself on
the divorce process and your options often results in couples coming to
an agreed resolution, versus a long ugly divorce proceeding.
Initial Client Meeting =
Our office learns facts and issues about your case.
The attorney applies his knowledge to the facts.
The attorney applies the Law to the facts.
The client is given answers to his or her questions.
The client is given a probable outcome if the case goes to court.
Our office gives the client his or her various options, and our advice.
“I’ve been there, and I know how you and your family feel.”
Having
been the product of a divorced family myself, I know all too well that
these cases can be emotional and complex and very difficult.
Unfortunately, our divorce system works like an assembly line, with the
Judges and attorneys processing the information with little concern for
your emotions. Many of you or your family’s concerns matter little.
Many
divorce cases turn into horror-stories. Everyone knows someone who can
recount such a story. These cases take years and can financially ruin
families. Although all attorneys have also handled similar
horror-stories, you will never hear this information from most
attorneys. The sad, unspoken, truth in the divorce court system is
that once a client fails to keep up with attorney fee payments,
attorneys routinely withdraw from their case. Also routine is the
speed by which the Judges allow such withdrawals.
My
website includes articles and information designed to give people in
Chicago-land a better understanding of family law issues and assist
them in selecting a lawyer to best serve their needs. Doing your
homework may also help you narrow the issues in your case, save you on
overall attorney’s fees, and possibly reduce the time your case is in
court. In some instances, a meeting may lead to options toward an
uncontested resolution of all issues.
“The Uncontested Divorce Flat-fee Option”
Many
attorneys neither offer nor discuss the possibility of an uncontested
flat-fee option. Our office will discuss this option with you, and if
it applies to your case, can offer you a complete start-to-finish
uncontested divorce for $1100.00 plus court costs. If this turns out
to be a viable option for you, this type of divorce will be both
economical and expeditious. The typical timeframe from start to finish
is 30-45 days or sooner, total.
“The Low Retainer Option”
I
always advise potential clients to meet with other attorneys. After
doing so, most are shocked by the size of the retainers required.
Routinely, they find $3000, $5000, and $10,000 required retainer
payments before the attorney will even represent them. Our office
trusts our clients more than that, and because of this, we only require
a $1000.00 retainer payments and trust that our clients will keep
current on their invoices and or make monthly good-faith payments
toward their balances.
Those
attorneys or firms that charge the $5,000 and $10,000 retainers to all
clients routinely handle these cases in a manner that leads me to let
you know about another unspoken truth: That such attorneys often take
the large retainer payment from the client, “front-load” their work to
“burn through” this initial retainer. The client is now required to
replenish another large retainer. What will this attorney do if the
client cannot quickly make another large retainer payment? Withdraw
from their case. Some of the largest and best advertised attorneys
engage in this technique. Not our office. We know about this because
we have met with these clients after having retained such attorneys.
However,
having given you some untold truths, another truth is that it is nearly
impossible to predict the total cost of your divorce case during an
initial telephone call or at an initial meeting. Our office promises
to give you the best estimate we can give, after we learn of the issues
in your particular case.
For a free consultation, Call: (312) 325-7330
Reno R. Renzetti Attorney At Law 225 W. Washington St., 22nd Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. (312) 325-7330 Fax. (312) 924-0201 E-mail: divorce@renzettilaw.com
