Brooklyn Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service takes over 20,000 phone calls per year
Everyone wants a good lawyer, but finding one isn’t always easy. Fortunately, Brooklyn residents have the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service (LRS). The LRS takes in some 20,000 phone calls per year and makes more than 10,000 referrals to help ensure that Brooklynites find the right attorneys for their needs.
“Our attorneys are private attorneys and they charge for their services,” explained LRS Director Roseann Hiebert. “We have nearly 200 attorneys that practice in virtually every area of the law.
“We get nearly every type of call and we try to help everyone as best as we can, whether that be referring them to one of our attorneys, or if they are not appropriate for a referral, we direct them to legal aid, the Volunteer Lawyers Project or another community resource that can help them,” Hiebert continued.