Happy to be of help. It's very challenging finding a lawyer in a lot of these consumer protection spaces, because, for a whole host of reasons, there's not a l

Happy to be of help. It's very challenging finding a lawyer in a lot of these consumer protection spaces, because, for a whole host of reasons, there's not a lot of money here. Having said that, one piece of advice I always like to give when looking for any professional is to use your network. If you have people in your network you trust, use them as a starting point. So, for example, I don't do criminal law. But, as a lawyer, I know lots of criminal lawyers (insert joke), and I also have a well-tuned BS detector when talking with other lawyers. So even though I can't help you, you'd be smart to reach out to me because I can help you find the right person much more effectively. And if I can't, then I reach out to a criminal law attorney I know, link you up, and let that person make a recommendation. In short, use your network to leverage experience and knowledge to zero in on a good attorney. It will probably take a few degrees of connection, but if the chain is solid, you should get a good end result. For example, I recently had a client who needed a criminal law attorney in a state where I don't practice. So you have two issues: one, I don't know that legal community, and two, I don't do criminal law. But, I reached out in my network to a prosecutor in New York. Now this prosecutor can't represent my client, but now I have a criminal law attorney in the right state, and so his network is going to help. My buddy (lawyer 2) reaches out to his network, and one of his trusted contacts says "call lawyer 3)." My buddy (lawyer 2) doesn't know lawyer 3, but he trusts his network and the referrer. Long story short, my client ends up represented by lawyer 3, and well taken care of.