BRAWER ,HIRSCH AND ASSOCATIES, P.A.

STRETCHING YOUR RETAINER ADVICE


Brawer, Hirsch and Associates P.A .are the attorneys who care.
We are here to be part of your solution. These Tips are to insure that we and the other family lawyers you choose to hire do not become part of your problem. Please read it carefully. Some of the material is common sense. Some of it comes directly from the Florida Self Help forms. All of it is designed to help you avoid having our office or your
FL family lawyers spend time doing work you could be doing yourself.

First, when our clients hire us to represent and stand beside them when they appear at the mediation or trial they expect to have beside them the best possible representation and have the benefit of our four decades of our family law experience. That is exactly what we want to provide for them. It is who we are and what we do.

YOUR RESPONSIDBILITY Florida law requires that all litigants in family law matters provide mandatory disclosures which include financial affidavits and financial documents.
TIPS #3 MANDATORY DISCLOSURES - We recommend that you provide your attorney with your own certificate of mandatory disclosures. You can have your attorney prepare these for you or you can download the form from the FL Family Self Help web site. When preparing for these I have had clients bring in boxes filled with a multitude of documents asking that I sort them and arrange them for filing as their mandatory disclosure responses. That requires a great deal of time. Time for an attorney is money. Do you really want to pay your attorney to stand over a copy machine when you could copy, sort, and arrange your own responses. If you want to save money you will do well if you download the self help form for the certificate of mandatory disclosures. Provide your attorney with the completed form and the documents that are required along with copies for the opposing counsel. Keep a copy for yourself.