OFFICE HOURS:

Our offices are open 8:00 A.M. until 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. We are closed over the noon hour.

APPOINTMENTS:

We prefer to work by appointment. Agreeing on the date and hour to get together allows both of us to make better use of our time. It is more efficient for us and more economical for you if we meet at our office. If due to illness or disability you are unable to come to our office, we can make arrangements to meet in the most convenient place for you. Our office is open from 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Friday for appointments. If an unusual situation requires, an appointment can be arranged for other days and times, including evenings and/or weekends. If you are confronted with a legal emergency, you won't need an appointment. Just give us a call at (701)225-6074 or e-mail us at grlaw@ndsupernet.com .

FEES:

We offer a FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION of about twenty(20) minutes in order to help you decide whether your legal question is one which we can help you with and whether you wish to retain our firm to assist you.

In most cases our fees are based upon the time and responsibility involved. Much of the work is done on an hourly basis. For other matters, a flat fee is appropriate.

Some cases, such as for Personal Injury litigation, are handled on a contingent fee basis, whereby the fee for legal services is a percentage of the amount of money obtained for you. In such personal injury/accident cases, There Are No Fees If We Don't Recover Money for You! We feel that percentage fees are appropriate with regard to personal injury actions because such percentage fees charged quite often do bear a reasonable relationship to the amount of attorney time required to handle the personal injury action; and because the attorney in such a case may encounter a significant risk that no fee will be received if no recovery is made. Furthermore, some clients are otherwise unable to afford an attorney.

Probates are handled on an hourly basis as opposed to a percentage of the estate. Handling probate matters on an hourly fee basis almost always results in significantly less cost to our clients. We do not feel that the percentage fees which are charged by some attorneys are appropriate because such percentage fees don't often bear any reasonable relationship to the amount of attorney time required to handle the probate and because the attorney does not encounter any significant risk that no fee or a lesser fee will be received as a result of the outcome.

You should discuss the fee arrangement with the attorney during your first conference at our law firm. In some matters, we will be able to give you an estimate of the fee, however, you must remember that it is an estimate and based upon normal circumstances.

In many cases, our office policy requires an advance payment (known as a retainer) towards the fee. In lengthy matters, our fee will be billed periodically. In other matters the entire fee is payable before we begin work on your case.

For most Attorney/Client arrangements we will ask you to sign an Employment Agreement.

If you would like to see a copy of one of our standard Attorney/Client Employment Agreements just give us a call at (701)225-6074 or send us an e-mail message at grlaw@ndsupernet.com and we will fax, mail or e-mail one to you.