Affordable Legal Services

ABOUT AFFORDABLE LEGAL SERVICES ®

Hello, my name is Joe Piatchek, managing attorney of The Piatchek Law Firm, LLC.  We have established a special division of our firm, Affordable Legal Services ®, where we provide assistance with everyday legal concerns at reasonable flat rates.  Our primary goal is to provide high quality, effective, and Affordable Legal Services ® to individuals, families, and businesses. Yes, I said "affordable", a word not often associated with attorneys. 

In today's economy, people are looking for good value more than ever.   Just to be clear: our services are not free.  Nor would we characterize our services as "cheap".  We do, however, offer excellent value - professional expertise, exceptional service,  at reasonable flat fees.  In addition, we are often able to offer payment plans, and also offer reduced rates if we are retained prior to starting the case.   You can consider us to be Cost Considerate Counsel ™ for your family or small business.

Too often, people who need legal help will choose not to get it - usually because they don't think they can afford an attorney.   Many assume the worst when it comes to attorneys, when in fact, if they would just come in and sit down, they would likely find they can afford our Cost Considerate Counsel ™. 

Instead, they simply  ignore their legal problems or hope the problems go away.  They may try to handle things on their own, armed only with information they heard on TV or radio, advice from friends or family whom are unqualified to give legal advice, or the most dangerous culprit of all -boilerplate legal forms found on the Internet. 

The truth is that in today's day and age, many people can't afford to NOT HAVE an attorney.  Not hiring an attorney when you need one can be a very costly mistake.  Not hiring an attorney can cost you dearly in money, time, frustration, stress, and new legal problems resulting from your old legal problems.  

Not hiring an attorney is almost always more expensive than hiring one.  Simple as that.  The services of a good attorney may actually save you time and money in the long run, by helping you avoid problems before they begin.

Perhaps you can think of Affordable Legal Services ® as "Preventative Law", much like "Preventative Medicine". An ounce of prevention can go a long way. Perhaps the assurance of reasonable fees will be the extra incentive you need to deal with the problem now, instead of putting them off until later.

I firmly believe that everyone who needs an attorney should be able to see one. I want to make quality legal services more available, by making them more affordable. Please understand, this does not mean we will "work on the cheap", or work for free.  However, we are a great option for anyone looking for Cost Considerate Counsel ™.  

What Affordable Legal Services ®strives to offer is an excellent value in legal services - meaning we pride ourselves on being a solid overall combination of both (1) high quality service and (2) reasonable pricing.   This means that when you come to see us, you will receive professional, compassionate legal services, at a fair price. We do not take every type of case, but we do handle a wide array of legal concerns.   If we don't handle it, we may be able to help refer you to the right type of attorney for your case.

A NOTE TO LEGAL "DO-IT-YOURSELF-ERS"

I continually have the chance to talk with a lot of folks who I would consider Legal "Do-It-Yourself-ers", who think they can save money by handling their case on their own. Instead of going to a licensed, qualified attorney, they will rely on a computer program, or the Internet, or a friend "who knows what they are doing". While they may think they are saving money, often times they are actually costing themselves far more in the long run, because mistakes are being made. Often times, these mistakes are the kind that no one will discover until it is too late - the "invalid" Last Will and Testament that is uncovered after someone dies; or the business that is set up incorrectly, discovered after a lawsuit is already filed; the detrimental contract clause that is discovered after the contract is already signed.

In all of these cases, by the time the mistake is discovered, it is simply too late to fix the mistake. Or, in other cases, the problems can be fixed, but they are just more time consuming and expensive to fix, such as incorrect, do-it-yourself divorce documents, which could have been done right the first time by an attorney.

Consulting a website, or finding your own legal form, does not create a relationship, and if you have further problems, you cannot go back to that website or computer program to ask questions. I have found that, more often than not, the folks who "do-it-yourself" almost always end up in an attorney's office some day anyway, wondering if they did it right, and wondering what they should do now, often after a problem arises. You may be able to make a contract that looks good, but is it correct? Do you understand what you are creating and/or signing? Is this the best way to handle it?

If you could get quality legal services for a reasonable fee, wouldn't that make more sense than trying to handle it yourself? Affordable Legal Services ®now allows you to do this.  See the Contact Us page for details on how to get ahold of us.

At Affordable Legal Services, LLC® we believe that everyone deserves quality legal services at fair prices.  We beleive that basic, straightforward cases should be handled at reasonable, flat rates, so that problems may be addressed now, while the solution may still be quick, simple, and affordable.