Arizona DUI Attorney - "FREE CONSULTATION" - What's the Catch?

February 27, 2010
By James E. Novak, P.L.L.C. on February 27, 2010 8:03 AM |

Phoenix DUI Lawyers

Most Phoenix Arizona DUI attorneys advertise that they will provide "a Free Consultation" for your Arizona Criminal or DUI charges. You wonder "what's the catch"? Most Criminal & DUI Defense Attorneys have moved to provide a Free Consultation to potential clients who have been charged with criminal or DUI offenses to remain competitive in the marketplace.

In the past, many DUI and criminal defense attorneys previously charged for this service. However, the trend moved for the Attorneys to provide a Free Consultation to potential clients. Those that continued to charge recognized that Arizona DUI & Criminal attorneys, that provided Free Consultations, converted to paid clients. In other words, the potential clients ended up hiring that attorney For their Arizona DUI & Criminal Charges. Hence, "the early bird gets the worm".

Today, you will still find an Arizona Criminal and DUI defense attorneys charging for this service. I hear horror stories occasionally by people who contact me for a Free Consultation. They tell me they paid $500.00 to $800.00 for the Attorney to sit and listen to them for thirty minutes. After the consultation they owed $800.00, and had no legal representation. Then they were back where they started.

The same thing goes for "jail visits" or "review of a police report". Some Attorneys will charge "A' la carte" upwards of $800.00 or $1,800.00 for the two services. But is that equitable for you? With all due respect to my peers, I am not saying it is wrong for an Arizona Criminal and DUI Attorney to charge that way. It's just different. It'd an individual business decision that any Law Firm has the right to make. Also, it should not be construed as a reflection on their ethics or defense effectiveness.

The fact is, however, that you do not have to pay for Free Consultations for your Arizona Criminal or DUI charges. You do not have to pay A' la carte for services. There are hundreds of Arizona criminal and DUI defense attorneys who do provide Free Consultation with no strings attached, and who charge one flat fee for their pre-trial services.

Phoenix DUI Lawyers

If you have been charged with an Arizona DUI or Criminal Charge call the Law Office of James Novak now for your Free Consultation with James Novak, Criminal & DUI Defense Attorney at (480) 413-1499. Experienced Defense Attorney and Former Prosecutor, James Novak Novak defends DUI & Criminal Cases exclusively. He charges only one flat Affordable Fees for retention of full legal
all of his pre-trial legal services.