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Lawyers Pro Bono
Lawyers pro bono will represent your case only if both you and the case satisfy strict criteria. The economic hardship alone is not sufficient to hire probono lawyers.

Top Law Firms
Top law firms should be classified according to the type of their service, success rate of their cases and the number of the legal practitioners. A lot of the top law firms employ an army of inexpensive graduate lawyers who support only few 'megastars'.

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Types of Lawyers

What types of lawyers do exist on the market? Hmmm, the common answer would be: expensive or affordable depending on the people's experience. However, not all types of lawyers charge the same fee. An insurance lawyer may be financially better off than the employment lawyer. The same applies to the defense lawyer, whose fees can be significantly higher than those of the bankruptcy lawyer. Therefore, when we describe the types of lawyers, we imply specialisations. And there is plenty of specialised disciplines in the legal system. In fact, only medical establishment can match the list.

The Cheap Approach

It is important to understand that you do not need lawyers for all legal cases. Smaller disagreements, misunderstandings and attitude problems can be resolved with local courts. In Victoria, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) deals with:

• Consumer matters
• Credit
• Discrimination
• Domestic buildings
• Administration
• Health and disability
• Legal profession services
• Tenancies

What's more, VCAT is also responsible for disputes between people and the government. This includes:

• Planning and the land evaluation
• Licenses to carry businesses
• State taxation
• Freedom of information
• Transport accidents

and many more.

You do not need legal representation to launch a case within VCAT. In fact, you do not need any type of lawyer to take part in the proceedings. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal can advice, if the matter is appropriate for their level of jurisdiction. If so, the launching of the case can cost as little as $25. More elaborate cases (involving business complexities) may cost more.

The Expensive Approach

Generally, it is better to have an expensive but a great lawyer then the cheap and useless one. As with everything, the quality service will cost money. However, equally important is to find out the types of lawyers, which are applicable for your case. There is no point for a divorce lawyer to represent a client involved in the car accident. Similarly, you do not expect immigration lawyer to deal with bankruptcy case. For this reason, legal practices try to employ many types of lawyers to boost their selling potential. There are many types of lawyers officially recognized by the legal authorities. This includes:

• Asbestos Lawyers
• Assault Lawyers
• Auto Accident Lawyers
• Bankruptcy Lawyers
• Compensation Lawyers
• Construction Lawyers
• Criminal Lawyers
• Defense Lawyers
• Divorce Lawyers

Further, the list of the types of lawyers continue with:

• Employment Lawyers
• Fraud Lawyers
• Immigration Lawyers
• Injury Lawyers
• Insurance Lawyers

And..., there is still more:

• Litigation Lawyers
• Malpractice Lawyers
• Patent Lawyers
• Securities Lawyers
• Tax Lawyers
• Traffic Lawyers

The list is certainly not exhausted. Some specialisations form subsets of the above mentioned types of lawyers. For example, the malpractice lawyers can imply the medical, legal or other malpractice specialisation.