posted by on Nov 21
The attorney will sit down with you and discuss the case and what you would hope would be the outcome. If he thinks that you have a viable, winnable case he will accept the task. If he does not think you have much of a case for one reason or another, he will direct you to either consider mediation or to change aspects of the case as it stands. Make sure that the attorney you are talking to offers a free consultation in case this is not the one that will be beneficial to your case.
After the initial filing, the attorney will receive the response from the other side about how they see things. Hopefully, the two parties will not be that far apart and a far and equitable compromise can be reached. However, if this is not possible, then there will be a request (or motion) for a formal hearing or a trial.
In most cases, a trial never happens. During the days before the trial is to start, both attorneys will be back and forth with offers, counteroffers and deals to avoid having to go before a judge. Once the other side offers a deal that your attorney thinks is a good one, he will encourage you to take it. You do not however, have to agree with him and can insist on heading to trial instead.