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Personal and Professional Referrals. A simple way to start your search is to ask friends, relatives, coworkers, or other members of your community to recommend lawyers with whom they have worked, especially if those people have had legal concerns similar to yours. Professionals with whom you have a business relationship, such as health care professionals and businesspeople, can be helpful, particularly if they work in a field related to the type of law your case concerns. Keep in mind that even if a recommended lawyer does not practice the kind of law you require, she or he might be able to direct you to other reputable lawyers who do. Be careful, however, not to make your decision based solely on another person’s recommendation; the lawyer that is right for someone else’s case might not be right for yours.

• Organizations. Your state or local bar association may have a lawyer referral service. The American Bar Association’s directory of lawyer referral services can be found here: http://apps.americanbar.org/legalservices/lris/directory.

If the legal concern relates to your practice, your malpractice carrier might be able to provide you with some guidance in finding a local attorney who has dealt with similar cases.

Your state dental organization might be able to recommend an attorney. For example, the New York State Dental Association provides has an approved referral list of attorneys and law firms who specialize in dental matters. The list is available at www.nysdental.org/membership/subpage.cfm?ID=14.

• Online. If you are unsuccessful in obtaining a personal or organizational recommendation for a local attorney who practices in the substantive area you need, you may be able to locate such an attorney through an online search.