Illinois Lawyer Finder makes over 800 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 2011 ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law - 16
• Animal Law - 1
• Bankruptcy - 15
• Business Law - 14
• Civil Disputes - 74
• Civil Rights - 31
• Collection - 23
• Consumer Protection - 18
• Contracts – 11
• Criminal Law - 64
• Education Law - 16
• Elder law - 5
• Employment Law - 85
• Estate/Probate Law - 38
• Family - 154
• Government Benefits - 14
• Health Law - 13
• Immigration - 3
• Insurance Disputes - 12
• Intellectual Property - 7
• Miscellaneous - 1
• Municipal Law - 16                
• Personal Injury - 98
• Real Estate - 55
• Social Security - 17
• Tax - 3
• Workers Compensation - 5

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