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Client
education: Things to expect, It is very
important you read this page. You can ask us questions at
the bottom. |
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1.
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The
court system is CHAOTIC
!!!
If you go to court and they say Neil Law has not entered their
appearance
(let the court know you hired Neil Law) they're wrong. It
usually takes them 3 to 4 weeks to update their
records. If they say
your attorney didn't show up, they're wrong,
it may be a scheduling or court notice error. These
things often happen, just give us a call, we will
rectify the
situation. |
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2.
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ALL COURT
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO POSTPONEMENTS. Court
dates are not like doctors appointments.
In court there are winners and losers. Court
dates may be postponed by your lawyer or the prosecutor weeks, days and sometimes hours ahead
of time. This will
happen 30 percent of the time. This
is mainly due to court staff limits, trials, strategy, no plea
agreement reached or scheduling.
This is normal, If the client is incarcerated this has no bearing on their
release. |
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3.
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TIME
FRAME, It is very important you understand
the average case time frame (the time it takes the
case to be resolved). For criminal cases it's 12 to 18
months, for traffic offenses it's 6
months,
for family court matters it's
3
to 6 months. This is due to the amount of staff the
state hires. During this time court dates are going to get
postponed and court times will change. |
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4.
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As soon as you make your
payment Neil Law will enter our appearance
(let the court know we are representing you). we will then get the arrest
reports from the court which will take two weeks. We will then contact
or visit the client if incarcerated. |
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5.
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Neil Law will
CONTACT or visit the client
for the first time after we receive the case reports. There
is no need to visit the client before then because we will
not know the relevant questions to ask the client. This usually
happens around two weeks after we are retained. Remember you
have to make an appointment with the jail to visit, we
just can't visit the client when we want to. Visits
may be postponed weeks, days and sometimes hours ahead of
time. This is mainly due
to limited jail staff or scheduling. |
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6.
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Jail
Visits, After the first contact or visit. Neil
Law will only visit or contact the
client when we need additional information. The
client will have the opportunity to see a Neil Law
representative before every court proceeding. The client can
give us additional
information at this time. All attorney client visits are subject
to changes and postponements. |
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YOUR
COURT DATE, the court will contact you and
let you know the court date. If
you are unsure about the court date call the relevant court,
they will give you the date. This insures you get the
right date. |
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8.
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If
the client is incarcerated the only way they can be released
is to win the Detention hearing. If the first detention
hearing was lost you have to file a motion
to reopen the detention hearing. We will file the
motion if there is a significant change of circumstances to
the case. This is stated in the statue, if there is not a
significant change of circumstances we cannot file the
motion. We
cannot guarantee anyone's release. |
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9.
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Your lawyer may arrive to
court
at a different time due to
scheduling conflicts, this is normal. If Mr. Neil sends one
of his associates to court on your court date this is rare, but normal.
Remember it was not an
important court date if this happens. The associate does not
do any negotiations on your behalf. |
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10.
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Attorney client
privileges, if you are the clients family or
friend, the client has attorney client
privileges, we can't discuss everything concerning their
case. Most of our calls are screened. All phone calls are
logged, documented and a report is made. Phone calls will be
returned within 72
hours depending on the information requested. At Neil
Law our client communication is a priority.
Thank you. |
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