Red Flags to Watch For in Your Divorce Lawyer

When you’re going through the divorce process, it’s critical to have a high-quality, reliable divorce lawyer by your side. You should take your time going through the process of researching and retaining an attorney to make sure you get one who will be a good fit for your case.

But how do you know if you ended up hiring the wrong attorney? Here are a few red flags that will alert you to your error:

• Indifferent attitude: Your attorney should genuinely care about the outcome of your case. If they are dismissive of your questions, thoughts or feelings, or if they seem to be constantly distracted or indifferent to your case, then you should probably move on and get an attorney who will treat you with respect and care about your case.
• Difficult communication: Does it always feel like your attorney is unavailable, or that they don’t have enough time to handle your case or answer your questions? All attorneys are busy, but you should at least be able to expect return calls or messages within a day of you reaching out, and you should feel like you’re able to reach your attorney if something comes up with your case.
• Not meeting deadlines: At the very least, you should be able to expect your attorney to meet basic deadlines for your case. If they’re not meeting their deadlines, then you definitely need to move on and find an attorney that will be able to fulfill these simple requirements.
• Dishonesty: If you feel like your attorney isn’t being honest or forthcoming with you about your case, or if you see them practicing dishonest methods in their legal work in the courtroom, this is a sign that you should move on to an attorney with stronger morals.

Reach out to a trusted Long Island divorce lawyer at Solutions Divorce Mediation for more information about the services we provide and how we can help you in your case.