Illinois Lawyer Finder makes 601 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 2011, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law – 13
• Animal Law - 3
• Bankruptcy - 8
• Business Law - 13                   
• Civil Disputes - 37                  
• Civil Rights - 20          
• Collection - 20
• Consumer Protection - 9
• Contracts - 11
• Criminal Law - 57
• Education Law - 11                
• Employment Law - 68
• Estate/Probate Law - 21
• Family - 118               
• Government Benefits - 21
• Health Law - 7
• Immigration - 3
• Insurance Disputes - 7
• Intellectual Property - 4    
• Miscellaneous - 10      
• Municipal Law - 1                  
• Personal Injury - 60                
• Real Estate - 8
• Social Security - 14                             
• Tax - 3
• Workers Compensation - 11

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