California First Amendment Coalition

Lawyer's Assistance Request Form

In submitting this request for proposed legal services to the California First Amendment Coalition's Member Law Firm Network, I have read the sample requests to get an idea of the suggested form my request might take. I understand that:

My request is not subject to the attorney-client privilege and should not contain sensitive information I would wish to share only with my attorney.
Making this request does not create an attorney-client relationship with any law firm or with the California First Amendment Coalition.
The law firms receiving this request are not obligated to respond, and I have no obligation to engage any of those that do respond.
In order to allow the firms to determine any potential conflicts of interest, I will identify both myself and, to the extent known at this time, the public agency or other party I may be contending with in any legal action.
In order to obtain prompt responses and yet give all firms the chance to consider my request, I will set a deadline for response and will not make a commitment to any responding firm until the deadline has passed.
In summary, I understand that this communication is like an "attorney wanted" classified advertisement. It states a need but does not itself create any particular expectations or duties on anyone's part.

Name:

Street address or P.O. Box:

City: County:

State: ZIP:

E-mail address:

Phone number(s) where I can be reached:

During business hours:

Outside business hours:

Deadline (the time and date by which interested firms must respond to my request, and prior to which I will hold off engaging a particular firm):

I have discussed this matter with Peter Scheer at the California First Amendment Coalition.

I understand that I will not be billed for any lawyer's intial response to this message and will not be asked to pay anything until and unless I expressly engage an attorney's services.

Please check one:

I have the resources to pay for quality representation.

I believe I have the resources to pay, but would appreciate more information.

I do not believe I have adequate resources for fees, but would be prepared to pay costs.

Factual background and request:

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