What happens during my first conversation with you?
Frank Stucki's Answer
Quick Answer
In your first meeting with a civil attorney, clearly express your reasons for needing legal assistance to help them understand your case and the potential legal strategies involved.
Key risks of waiting too long
Potential Risk
Neglecting to provide complete information can undermine your case.
Potential Risk
Failing to gather necessary evidence may weaken your argument.
Potential Risk
Missing potential criminal implications can lead to complications.
Potential Risk
Not discussing budget and timeline may result in unforeseen challenges.
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The first conversation with me, I'm an attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada, born and raised, and I do civil trials here.
The most common place to start is wherever you're comfortable.
So the cases that I handle are usually assault, complex injury, a wrongful death in the family,
you know, the really dark things that happen in your life.
So the best way I have found to do that is just you start telling me why you think you needed to talk to a lawyer.
And then from there, I start to understand the issues, understand who the parties are, the relationships, what happened.
And I start to value it, not just the civil side of cases, what a lawsuit can actually do, the budget for doing that,
how long it'll take, what evidence we need to gather in order to make that case,
but also start to wonder if a criminal investigation needs to occur.
I work with the district attorney's office a lot.
So those are kind of the things that we do in our first meeting.