The LegalMatch System is Not a Lawyer Referral Service
The LegalMatch program does not place any member attorney’s name or contact information into the public view. No member of the public has the ability to view or otherwise obtain any LegalMatch member attorney’s name or contact information. Such information is confidential and not provided to any member of the public. [However, once a prospective consumer has agreed to the Client User Agreement, and has completed the on-line case questionnaire, attorneys then respond to the client’s request, and only then does that consumer receive the name and contact information of those attorneys who actually respond.]
Directory and “yellow page” listing services provide written lists of the names, telephone numbers, addresses, (and, occasionally, other biographical information about the attorney or firm) for the public to access. Many such publications and directories either group, or allow the public to search, attorneys and firms by geographic territory and by practice area. It is up to the consumer to then contact each of the attorneys or firms, and speak with them regarding their matter.
Moreover, LegalMatch conducts a thorough interview of each attorney, along with a background and disciplinary check, all of which is then submitted to the Executive Review Committee of LegalMatch for final determination of whether or not the attorney may join LegalMatch. Directory and other such listing services do not conduct any such pre-screening of their attorneys.
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