Currently, in the world of law, some law firms offer the first free consultation as a differentiating service from others. At ISD Abogados we do not share this point of view. Although the Code of Ethics, the Statute of the Legal Profession and the Competition Law do not prohibit or speak of it, why should a professional who does his job well provide free service?

In fact, it is culturally understood that a locksmith charges exit and labor when one leaves the house keys in. Or that a plumber in Bilbao collects after coming to our house to look at a leak. Also that if we want to do a Master in Nursing , for example, charge at the time of registration to sign up. Criminal Lawyer in Bangladesh

These practices are not prohibited, and even if they were by the Code of Ethics, the Competition Law would not allow it. That is why there are some law firms in which the first consultation is free, pretending to be more competitive. However, we believe that the first free consultation devalues ​​the advice of specialized lawyers .

Imagine that you are going to eat every day at the same restaurant. You love the space of the restaurant, the attentive and professional service of the waiters and you think their food is spectacular. However, in a magazine you have a discount coupon for that same restaurant. Would you pay the original price again or would you wait to have discount coupons to go again? Logically you would expect to have the same service for a lower price. Diners would increase based on the promotion and not the service. Who would pay that menu for € 50 again if you could consume it for € 25, for example?

This same case can be transferred to the service that family lawyers provide . Who would go to a first consultation paying and being able to do it for free? Furthermore, the consultations received do not always result in divorced couples, sometimes they do not separate, for example.

What we mean is that, if this gratuity is offered to attract more customers, it is wrong. Because they will be "paratrooper" clients who will only go to the law firm when there is the possibility of doing so for free and to find out about their current situation, not precisely because they already have a decision made, but to be able to assess it.

In addition, this affects the collective subconscious undervaluing the services of a lawyer, since with these actions it is understood that professional legal advice can be obtained for free.

In ISD lawyers we consider that to raise doubts of this type there are other means such as forums, specialized social networks or blogs specialized in matrimonial lawyers . An initial consultation with a lawyer must be for people who have a family conflict and want to solve it . In fact, even in these cases, after receiving the information related to their particular case, many people decide not to take their case to court.

Another different way of being a competitive law firm would be if, in case of taking the case through the courts, the amount of the first consultation is not charged . In this case, the person about to separate has placed their trust from the first moment in the law firm, putting in value their work, so there would be room for a possible discount or gratuity in appreciation of that trust and so that they can recommend our work.

We insist, the lawyers themselves have to value our work. Otherwise, with the first free consultations in all cases the profession can be seriously harmed. A “café for everyone” relegates the services of a specialized lawyer to that of a daily menu, when in reality it is a more personalized service in which each case is particular and corresponds to certain laws and legislation.

How can the client's vision be adversely affected by offering the first free consultation? Lawyers who offer their services free are not good because they offer free labor. If they do free consultations, they have a lot of time, they have few clients. If it is a law firm with few clients, it will not be good. If they do free consultations, will they treat my case as seriously as the person who is already paying for their services? After these client reflections, we return to the same thing, we consider that the client looking for a free first consultation has the means and ways of raising it without having to make a prior appointment with the law firm.

For more in-depth consultations and for people who are faced with a real need to resolve a marital conflict , it is necessary to value the value of the team of lawyers . If you're good at defending your client's rights, get paid for it. Fight for your client to feel satisfied and he will also feel rewarded.