ISBA Lawyer Finder Service makes nearly 900 referrals in August

The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays.  The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law.  For the month of August 2010 ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law - 11
• Animal Law - 1
• Bankruptcy - 23
• Business Law - 11
• Civil Disputes - 97
• Civil Rights - 31
• Collection - 23
• Consumer Protection - 28
• Contracts - 10
• Criminal Law - 80
• Education Law - 14
• Elder law - 3
• Employment Law - 138
• Estate/Probate Law - 33
• Family - 150
• Government Benefits - 22
• Health Law - 3
• Immigration - 2
• Insurance Disputes - 12
• Intellectual Property - 4
• Miscellaneous - 2
• Municipal Law - 2
• Personal Injury - 105
• Real Estate - 52
• Social Security - 23
• Tax - 6
• Workers Compensation - 13

These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the online Lawyer Finder service. Want to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service?  Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.com Clients should call (800) 922-8757.