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http://www.popehat.com/2011/05/27/how-to-cold-call-a-lawyer-...

How To Cold-Call A Lawyer: A Potential Client's Guide May 27, 2011 By Ken. Law Practice Let me start by saying this: you shouldn't be cold-calling a lawyer in the first place.

By that I mean you shouldn't be calling a lawyer because you found him in the Yellow Pages, or because her web site was on the first page of Google results, or because the firm has a bitchin' Twitter feed.

If you need a lawyer, you should be calling one based on the recommendation of someone you trust. ...




"recommendation of someone you trust"

As an example of this one of my current lawyers came by way of a recommendation of a law school professor who blogged in the area of interest that I needed to secure an attorney in. I simply contacted him blind and he gave me 3 attorneys that he had dealt with and thought highly of. That was over 10 years ago and I still occasionally use that attorney to this day.




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