Online consultations made a lot of lawyers much more accessible. Good thing that it is much easier (and less expensive) to consult a lawyer whose office is within thousands of kilometers from you. Bad thing is that a non-local lawyer might work in a different jurisdiction (simply not knowing your local laws and rules) or, more commonly, having no practical local knowledge about the way it is done in your Courthouse or government offices, not to mention about local connections.
So, looking for a “lawyer near me” still makes sense. “Near me” is a wider area, though. A “good lawyer near me in Montreal” would normally include those from Longueuil, Laval, Brossard, and so on.
How can you find one? And easiest option is to call the Quebec Bar (Quebec Law Society or Barreau du Quebec) and ask for a lawyer name in a particular area.
If you wish to perform a more sophisticated search, you can go for the list of lawyers in Quebec, available on the Quebec Bar website and choose some additional criteria, like an area of expertise or a language spoken. Also, you can check the year when a lawyer was sworn to the Bar (and, presumably, started practicing).
Then, having a list of formally acceptable “lawyers near me” you can google each of them, looking at his(her) LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram page or a website, search for reviews and — sometimes — even former clients, to proceed with your verifications. Finally, a more expensive but a much more reliable way is to have a one first consultation with some of those lawyers you have chosen, to see if there is a personal connection, if you are comfortable working together. If nothing else, during such a consultation you could ask to recommend you someone else, more savvy in a particular matter, if necessary.
Lawyer Near Me Allen Madelin is located at 4621, boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC, H2T 1R2.
