The consultation process at Atticus Family Law stands apart from traditional law firms. We’ve intentionally redesigned how you first experience our services to ensure our attorneys can focus their full attention on achieving results for current clients while still providing you with comprehensive, valuable information from the start. Our unique approach begins with specialized team members who guide you through each step, introducing you to our integrated method that combines expert legal representation with mindset management to create lasting solutions.

Your Journey Begins: The Client Intake Process

Before your formal consultation, you’ll first speak with our experienced Client Intake Advisor who will:

• Learn about your unique situation
• Introduce you to the AFL approach to family law
• Explain how our integrated services differ from traditional firms
• Answer initial questions about our process
• Schedule your comprehensive consultation

This preliminary step ensures you understand our holistic method before investing in a full consultation, allowing both you and our team to determine if AFL’s approach aligns with your needs.

The Initial Consultation: Your First Step Toward a Successful Resolution

During the intake call, our team will help you schedule an initial consultation with our specialist. You’ll get a full unhurried hour—more, if needed—to ask questions, show us documents, lay out the facts, and get a feel for how we will work to get you the best-possible resolution as quickly as possible.

While there will be a fee for your initial consultation, it will be credited toward future work should you decide to move forward with us. Should you decide not to go with us, you’ll walk away with a good feel for our experience and the depth of our integrated services.

If you have additional questions after your initial consult, not to worry. Ask away, as there is no additional charge.

The Specialist Advantage: Why You’ll Meet with Our Consultation Specialist

At Atticus Family Law, we’ve enhanced the traditional consultation model by working with a dedicated consultation specialist, Lauren Fonzida. As a law school graduate with specialized training in client relations, Lauren focuses on:

• Explaining our holistic approach to divorce and family transitions
• Outlining potential strategies based on your specific circumstances
• Helping you understand what to expect throughout the legal process

This specialized format allows us to deliver more in-depth information during your consultation while ensuring you gain clarity on the path forward. This approach means our attorneys can focus their time on active case management for existing clients while still ensuring you receive knowledgeable guidance from the start.

Fees: An Investment in Your Future

In family law, the quality of representation can directly affect you and your family for years to come. This is the time to choose carefully.

This is sometimes brought to life when clients come to our firm after initially hiring other practices. They often share that the lower-cost alternative they first chose ultimately resulted in higher long-term expenses, compromised service quality, and suboptimal outcomes. The lesson: An unfavorable custody arrangement, inequitable asset division, or imbalanced support determination can far outweigh any initial cost savings.

At Atticus Family Law, we position ourselves as neither the most expensive nor the least costly. Rather, we deliver exceptional value through legal expertise, responsive communication, and client-centered service.

To receive a personalized cost estimate based on your case complexity and desired service level, we invite you to schedule a consultation.

Online Video Conferencing

Many times, it is crucial that we have an important discussion, but there are complications. It’s clear that meeting face-to-face is better for discussion than talking on the telephone, but the availability and logistics make an in-person meeting difficult or impossible. Hence we offer our clients online video conferencing through Zoom and video chat. The information necessary to access your meeting will be provided prior to your appointment.

For those people interested in our legal services, we schedule in-person face-to-face meetings. When those people live abroad or outside of Minnesota (or they have very particular other circumstances), we will schedule an online consultation with them.