The Smith Law Group is committed to providing you exceptional legal services for a fair and reasonable fee. Our goal is get your case completed and your issues resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible, with the best possible outcome for your specific situation.

At your initial consultation, we will evaluate your case and give you an honest assessment, considering the amount of recovery/assets available, the chances of winning, and the estimated fees required to handle the case.

While we will use all of our experience and skill to fight for you, and work hard to get you everything you deserve, it is important to understand that no case outcome is ever completely predictable. Keeping that in mind, it is important to consider the following points when hiring Smith Law Group (or any family law attorney) to represent you:

• Our time is your money.  Attorneys sell their knowledge of the law and the time spent on your matters. Emails, letters, phone calls, consultations, preparing documents for court hearings, and Appearances at court hearings, are all billable. Save your attorney time for important legal issues, not every day issues that you could work out yourself.
• We are not counselors, we are attorneys.  We will not be able to solve all of your personal, or interpersonal, issues, although we are very cognizant of their existence in your life. It is important for us to spend time on the actual legal matters to keep your costs down. Smith Law Group will provide you educational material relative to your situation and your case, and will help educate you during the legal process. This extra measure of service we provide gives you a true understanding of what and why things are happening, and allows you to provide us the best input you can.
• We select the best attorney for your case.  Based on your type of case, the initial analysis we made, and the goals you want to reach, the Smith Law Group will select the best attorney for your particular situation. All of our attorneys are experts in their areas of practice, and have extensive experience with successful outcomes.
• Family law cases are not all won outright.  There is typically a balancing between both sides by the court. Outcomes are often not predictable. You are bound by the facts of your own case. Lawyers help you present the facts in your case in the way most favorable for you under the law. We cannot change the facts of your case, but we will bring out the best of them for you.
• In a custody case, it is important to remember that your child is half someone else’s, both biologically and legally. The court wants every child to have both parents in their life as much as possible. Time will usually heal a lot of things, and will make getting along with the other side easier. We try to avoid creating situations that might cause long term damage and be difficult to undo in the future.
• The goal is not to get retribution.  We are here to get you everything you deserve under the law, and to ensure that if you have children, they are left in the best possible position for their future health and happiness.
• In property division cases, we will present possible scenarios to you, with the goal of working toward a settlement, as opposed to the more expensive litigation. It is important not to spend more money on the legal process than what the property is actually worth. You will benefit from our extensive experience on how to avoid difficulties, how to work effectively with opposing parties, and how to find the most efficient method of settling. If settlement doesn’t work, we are by then, already prepared for trial.
• We try to improve our client experience, particularly in these times. We use the most up-to-date computer and electronic services available to ensure you case is handled as efficiently, quickly and professionally as possible, often without the need for in-person office visits.

No matter what family law issues you are currently facing, the attorneys at Smith Law Group have the many years of experience and skills necessary to help you. We will take care of you like one of our own.