Service Levels and Fees

We can find a way to work with nearly anyone

Anxiety over legal fees and expenses is one of the greatest barriers to people being able to access to the legal system. We understand that most people don’t have money laying around to pay lawyers. However, quality representation does cost money. There are very few situations where we can’t customize a plan to allow you to have the quality legal representation that you need at a price that you can afford.

Service Levels for Uncontested Matters

We offer three basic levels of service for uncontested matters. For people needing to begin a probate or administration proceeding, or nearly anything else that goes on in probate court, this option is ideal. We nearly always do this type of work on a flat fee basis. The options are:

Full Representation - This is the more traditional option where our firm handles all of the legal matters relating to the estate. We still ask you to help with ministerial tasks like getting documents signed and gathering information.
Coaching - At this level, you retain our firm to walk you through the process of doing everything on your own. You prepare the paperwork, file it, and go to court yourself. We will give you advice on how to do all of those things including reviewing your documents prior to you filing them at the courthouse.
Coaching plus Document Preparation - this is the same as the coaching option except we will prepare all of your documents for you. This option allows you to keep costs down and avoid the hassle of preparing the documents yourself.

Sometimes clients will start with only coaching and later decide to move up to document preparation or even full representation as they get into the case. You are never locked into your level of service. We can always move you up if we need to do that.

Service Levels for Contested matters

Sometimes probate matters are contested by other members of the family or even creditors. In contested matters, we offer three basic types of representation:

Hourly Billing - This is the traditional way that attorneys have billed for years. You are charged for the amount of work that is done in your case each month. We offer very competitive rates compared to other attorneys in the State of Georgia.
Contingency Fee - This option allows us to do the work without you paying any fees, and in return, we receive a percentage of the total amount that you receive from the estate. The percentage will be greater than the hybrid hourly billing.
Hybrid Hourly Billing - This is the same as the hourly billing option, but the hourly rate is reduced even further, sometimes even half of our already low rate. You still have to pay the fees that accrue each month. However, in order to compensate us for not being paid at our regular rate, we also require a small percentage of the total amount that you receive from the estate. The percentage is much lower than in the contingency fee option. This option is good for people that can pay something each month in order to keep as much of the estate property as possible in the end.

In addition, we can always discuss a custom plan for you that may include a payment plan or even a monthly subscription. Don’t let the payment of the fee deter you from contacting us for a free quote.

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