To attorneys everywhere:
We are pleased to share what we know with you. We are also pleased to make and accept referrals.
Feel free to use us a resource for both substantive and practical information. We don't know everything or everybody but we can usually point you in the right direction.
We are interested in building a network of attorneys with different areas of concentration (in Pennsylvania there are no experts). If we can help you with information or a referral, call us. If we can’t help you, we’ll help you find somebody who can.
We can also recommend competent doctors and other experts in the area for your clients that may be injured.
PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF ETHICS
ALLOW REFERRAL FEES TO BE PAID
The Pennsylvania Rules of Ethics allow Pennsylvania attorneys to receive fees for cases that they refer out to other attorneys and they allow Pennsylvania attorneys to receive referral fees.
To Attorneys outside the state of Pennsylvania:
If you have a case in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley and have a question about local practice or procedure, feel free to call us and we'll try to assist you. If we don't know the answer we'll try to point you in the right direction.
Please keep us in mind if you know of someone who has a legal case in our areas of concentration (personal injury, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, & family law) in the Philadelphia /Delaware Valley area. We will be glad to work out a reasonable referral fee in the appropriate case. If it is a case outside our areas of concentration we will be glad to direct you to a competent local counsel.
To Attorneys in Pennsylvania but outside
the Philadelphia /Delaware Valley area:
If you have a case in Philadelphia /Delaware Valley area and have a question about local practice or procedure, feel free to call us and we'll try to assist you. If we don't know the answer we'll try to point you in the right direction.
You are a successful and competent attorney, but you practice outside the Philadelphia area. Do you really want to have to relearn all of the local rules and procedures, and do you want to have to spend all of those hours on the road waiting for the pretrial settlement conference that doesn't happen until 5:30 after the jury is released for the day?
Please consider referring a client to us who has a legal case in our areas of concentration (personal injury, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, & family law) in the Philadelphia /Delaware Valley area. We will be glad to work out a reasonable referral fee in the appropriate case. If it is a case outside our areas of concentration we will be glad to direct you to a competent local counsel.
To Attorneys in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area:
Our practice encompasses a number of areas of the law, but certainly not all areas. If you are trying to work on a case outside of your normal areas of concentration and it's something we do, call us. We'll try to answer your questions or at least point you in the right direction.
Please consider referring a client to us who has a legal case in an area of the law in which you do not concentrate and we do (personal injury, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, & family law). We will be glad to work out a reasonable referral fee in the appropriate case. If it is a case outside our areas of concentration we will be glad to direct you to competent counsel.
To Solo Practitioners in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area:
Let's face it; you can't be all things to all people (OK, maybe if you're a politician you can). If you have taken on a case outside your areas of concentration, call us and see if we can assist you. We'll try to answer your question or at least point you in the right direction.
Please consider referring a client to us who has a legal case in an area of the law in which you do not want to concentrate and we do (personal injury, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, & family law). We will be glad to work out a reasonable referral fee in the appropriate case. If it is a case outside our areas of concentration we will be glad to direct you to competent counsel.
To Young Lawyers in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area:
It's tough to start your own practice. We know. We did it. You have textbooks full of substantive law but not as much practical experience. Over the years we’ve accumulated lots of practical information about the areas of law in which we concentrate. Feel free to use us as a resource. We'll try to answer your questions and if we can't, we'll try to point you in the right direction.
Please consider referring a client to us in an area of the law in which you do not concentrate and we do (personal injury, employment discrimination). We will be glad to work out a reasonable referral fee in the appropriate case. If it is a case outside our areas of concentration we will be glad to direct you to competent counsel.
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