What criteria do Nichols Consulting use in making an attorney referral?

We assess the level of an attorney’s experience in the context of our assessment of your case.  This not only includes years of practice, but also, the number of false abuse cases, the number of trials, the number of favorable outcomes achieved, the number of pleas entered, and the number of guilty verdicts.  Additionally, we assess previous experience such as public defender experience and/or experience as a prosecutor.

In order for an attorney to be appropriate for your case, he or she must be able to work within the parameters of the funds available.  After making this determination, we will also assess the attorney’s billing practices including: his retainer agreement, hourly rate, flat rate, how fees are payable, and his estimated cost for representation.

Regardless of an attorney’s abilities and affordability, he will not be appropriate if his caseload does not permit him to dedicate the time that your case requires. Moreover, he must be available to you, to answer your questions and address your concerns.  We assess the attorney’s availability to insure his appropriateness.

In order for us to make a legal referral we must be sure that an attorney has an appropriate background in the use of experts and consultants.  False allegation cases routinely require the cross-examination of adverse experts, and sometimes, the employment of a defense expert.  We insure that your attorney is appropriately versed in these critical areas.

Having assessed your situation and personality style, we will refer you to an attorney with a history of successful client relations.  We believe that attorneys assisting those falsely accused need to be sensitive to the difficult emotional needs of their clients.

In order to properly represent you an attorney must be well versed in the winning strategies generally employed in false allegation cases.  We will assess how your attorney will approach your case.  We will insure that he is proactive by nature, structured, and well versed in the procedural matters that are common to false allegation cases.

In interviewing prospective attorneys we assess their work habits to insure that they operate within an organized, efficient, and structured professional practice.

Our exhaustive process insures that your attorney will be a competent, experienced, and hard-working advocate for you.   What is more, we will insure that he or she is able to work within the context of your reasonable budget. Next Question