1-866-442-2529 or 866-44-CA-LAW
(toll free in California)
415-538-2250
(from outside California) |
Lawyer Referral Services Program (LRS)
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
e-mail: LRS@calbar.ca.gov
Phone: 415-538-2250
The State Bar cannot give you legal advice or refer you to an attorney. If
you need to hire an attorney to handle your case or want to consult an attorney
on a potential case, a certified lawyer referral service can put you in touch
with a lawyer who can handle your problem. If your particular problem can be
resolved without a lawyer, the referral service will tell you how to get the
help you need.
Be sure that the service is certified by the State Bar. Lawyer referral services
which are certified follow certain rules which will protect you.
A certified lawyer referral service may direct you to lawyers with experience
in certain areas of the law such as bankruptcy, criminal, probate, landlord-tenant,
family law and other areas. Certification Rules also encourage lawyer referral
services to offer free and low cost legal help as well as lawyers who speak
languages in addition to English.
In order to find an attorney referral service:
- Call the State Bar's Lawyer Referral Services Directory at 1-866-442-2529
(toll free in California) or 415-538-2250 (from outside California);
- Go to the "County Programs" link above;
- Check the Yellow Pages of the telephone book under "Attorneys" for a State Bar-certified lawyer referral
service; or
- Go to LawhelpCalifornia.org to find additional information on a State Bar-certified lawyer referral service.
To obtain public information about an attorney (address, State Bar status,
etc.) go to
Attorney Search.
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