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BCBA Lawyer Referral Panel

Each year, the BCBA Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) receives hundreds of requests from individuals seeking legal advice and representation. After a referral client contacts the LRS, they are instructed to complete a referral application and pay a $30 fee to the Association, which covers the cost of processing and administering the program. The BCBA assigns a client to an attorney based on practice area and other factors, such as the geographic location of the potential client and the attorney.

Panel attorneys agree to provide a no-fee, 30-minute consultation to persons referred by the BCBA LRS program.

The 30-minute consultation is for conference and advice only and does not include the preparation of letters or legal documents. An attorney’s compensation for any further professional services will be arranged by the attorney directly with the client. If a dispute over fees should arise between attorney and client, such disputes shall fall within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court’s District Fee Arbitration Committee for Bergen County.

To qualify as an LRS panel attorney, the attorney must:

• be admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey, be in good standing, and be engaged in the active practice of law with an office located in Bergen County.
• be a member of the Bergen County Bar Association with membership dues paid in full.
• pay an annual registration fee of $75.
• attach a copy of his/her professional liability insurance policy declaration page.

Information contained in this application may be furnished to referral applicants. A panel attorney’s name may be withdrawn from any or all classifications of the LRS at any time in the discretion of the members of the BCBA’s Lawyer Referral Committee. The panel attorney agrees to abide by all rules of the LRS which may be promulgated by the Lawyer Referral Committee.