Re: Is legalmatch worth it

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I seem to be the only attorney responding to inquires in my
area and I am having the same issue. "You are not a free
lawyer?!?"

A while back, I googled "pro bono lawyer." Guess who was
the first PAID ad?!?

On 12/07/07, Douglas wrote:
> Here is the letter I drafted to Legal Match today:
>
> Good afternoon. I am writing after having been a legal
> match member for a couple of months. I must say that this
> service is not anything like what I expected. I was led
> to believe that I would received many consults and clients
> wit ha willingness and ability to pay a retainer fee. I
> respond to about 99&37; of the cases posted and have yet
to
> have more than one consultation/client. I contact all
> clients immediately upon obtaining their phone numbers and
> email addresses. Upon informing them that this is not
> some sort of 'legal aid' and that I do indeed charge for
> my services, I am met with a confused response
> of, "Really?" This is unacceptable. I am sinking a lot
> of money each month into this. Moreover, I was originally
> told by your salesperson that I would be th 4th and FINAL
> attorney in my area for this type of law. However, I see,
> on a daily basis, that there are upwards of 7 or 8
> attorneys individually replying to cases. This fraudulent
> inducement has not gone unnoticed by myself and others.
> Legalmatch set itself forth as a way to get quality paying
> clients. So far, all I have received is a lot of confused
> clients thinking that legal match attorneys do not
> charge. I need someone to call me ASAP to discuss a
> rescinding of the contract as I am extremely
> dissatisfied. Thank you for your cooperation in advance.
>
>
> I am tired of this supposedly great way to recruit new
> clients...all it is doing is costing me money.