Client's Declaration of Rights™
ALP declares the following rights for its clients:
- Each client deserves a knowledgeable, skilled, and diligent attorney.
- Each client deserves courteous and ethical counsel that adheres to the highest standards of professional responsibility.
- Each client has a right an attorney with undivided loyalty and independent professional judgment.
- Each client has a right to reasonable rates and fees explained upfront and in writing.
- Each client deserves alternative pricing options, including flat rates, outcome-contingent fees, and blended fee arrangements.
- Each client has a right to a prompt response to each question or concern.
- Each client deserves an attorney that is broadly available, including weekends and evenings by appointment
- Each client has a right to be kept up-to-date and to receive enough information to permit significant participation in the matter.
- Each client is entitled to have legitimate objectives respected by the attorney.
- Each client has a right to expect the attorney to preserve secrets and confidences as permitted by law.
- Each client deserves legal counsel based on sound research and utilizing industry-standard information technology.
- Each client deserves practical and innovative solutions in plain language.
- Each client deserves to have its files maintained in a secure and fire resistant storage system.