Illinois Lawyer Finder makes over 8,000 referrals in 2011

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 months of January - December 2011, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law – 133
• Animal Law - 33
• Bankruptcy - 53
• Business Law - 156                 
• Civil Disputes - 739                
• Civil Rights - 287        
• Collection - 278
• Consumer Protection - 194
• Contracts - 112
• Criminal Law - 770
• Education Law - 149              
• Elder law - 40
• Employment Law - 960
• Estate/Probate Law - 322
• Family - 1,543 
• Government Benefits - 208
• Health Law - 114
• Immigration - 33
• Insurance Disputes - 87
• Intellectual Property - 64
• Miscellaneous - 33      
• Municipal Law - 115              
• Personal Injury - 964              
• Real Estate - 566
• Social Security - 201                           
• Tax - 56
• Workers Compensation - 102