How it works

From the first call to the next hearing.

Six steps. Where you are in a case decides which one we start from.

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Step 1: You reach out
Tell us what you have been given: a letter, a safety plan, a petition, a hearing date. If nothing is on paper yet, tell us what the caseworker said.
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Step 2: We read everything
We go through the agency's papers and any court filings, and mark what is a fact, what is an allegation and what is a deadline.
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Step 3: We sit down
In person at the office or by phone, we explain your options in plain words and agree what comes next. You decide; we advise.
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Step 4: We prepare you
Before a visit, an interview or a hearing, we go through what will be asked, what to bring and what to leave at home.
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Step 5: We stand beside you
We speak to the agency, to the other lawyers and to the judge, so that you are not facing them alone.
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Step 6: We stay after the hearing
A case plan runs for months. We check each step against it and get ready for the next review with you.

For your first call

What to have in front of you.

Don't wait to gather everything. Call with what you have.