☛ Will anyone (usually an associate) be assisting you on my case?

☛ What is his or her experience?

☛ Can I meet the associate now?

☛ What work would the associate do and what work would you do?

☛ Which one of you will negotiate the case? (If you want to be sure that the lawyer you are seeing is the negotiator, make that clear. You don't want an intern performing your quadruple bypass surgery, and you don't want an inexperienced associate you haven't met negotiating your divorce.)

☛ Who will try my case?

☛ Are you available to take phone calls?

☛ Is the associate available to take calls?

☛ What hours are you usually in the office?

☛ Do you have any time-consuming trials coming up?

☛ Will I get copies of all papers (letters, faxes, legal papers) in my case? (Be sure the answer is “yes.”)