Illinois Lawyer Finder makes 659 referrals in July

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 July 2012 ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law - 13
• Animal Law - 3
• Bankruptcy - 1
• Business Law - 7                     
• Civil Disputes - 54                  
• Civil Rights - 17          
• Collection - 34
• Consumer Protection - 10
• Contracts – 12
• Criminal Law - 74
• Education Law - 11
• Elder law - 4
• Employment Law - 88
• Estate/Probate Law - 34
• Family - 101
• Government Benefits - 15
• Health Law - 11
• Immigration - 3
• Insurance Disputes - 7
• Intellectual Property - 4
• Miscellaneous - 3
• Municipal Law - 7
• Personal Injury - 69
• Real Estate - 55
• Social Security - 16
• Tax - 1
• Workers Compensation - 5

These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the online Lawyer Finder service.