Illinois Lawyer Finder makes nearly 500 referrals in December

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

Administrative Law – 7

Animal Law - 1

Bankruptcy – 5

Business Law - 11

Civil Disputes - 46

Civil Rights - 13          

Collection - 16

Consumer Protection - 7

Contracts - 17

Criminal Law - 52

Education Law - 4

Employment Law - 42

Estate/Probate Law - 23

Family - 82

Government Benefits - 17

Health Law - 4

Immigration - 2

Intellectual Property - 5

Miscellaneous - 1

Municipal Law - 7      

Personal Injury - 52

Real Estate - 33

Social Security - 13     

Tax - 1

Workers Compensation - 9

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