Areas of Practice
Mr. Albers
is focused on the legal needs of the people of the community and is
willing and able to address most legal issues which may arise.
He offers a free 30-minute consultation for new clients and delivers
many services on a
basis, intending to keep basic legal service affordable for
the largest possible population. These fees are for legal work
and do not include expenses such as court costs. This is a list of some of
those services and associated fees,
where appropriate:
Mr. Albers is not board certified
in any area of specialization.
Wills, Estate Plans, Probate
| Prepare
: |
$350 |
| Prepare
with
: |
$500 |
|
Wills and
for complex estates (generally very large estates or those
with complicated property structures) will be charged by the
hour, based on
. A pre-negotiated retainer will apply. |
The flat fee for
preparation of a will includes one office visit. Additional
office visits merely to execute documents will also be
included in that fee, but if additional visits are required
to correct or otherwise modify the information used to
prepare the initial documents (as, for example, discovery
that there is an unresolved issue not apparent at the
start), they will be charged at the
.
| Probate an
with
total value less than $20,000: |
$500 |
| Probate an
with
total value less than $50,000: |
$1,250 |
| Probate an
with
total value less than $100,000: |
$2,500 |
| Probate an
with
total value less than $250,000: |
$5,000 |
| Probate an
with
total value less than $500,000: |
$10,000 |
| The
fee for estates with
higher values will be 2% of the estate’s value. |
The flat fee for
probating an uncontested estate includes one office visit
and one court appearance. Additional office visits merely
to execute documents will also be included in that fee, but
if additional visits are required to correct or otherwise
modify the information used to prepare the initial documents
(as, for example, discovery that there is an unresolved
issue not apparent at the start), they will be charged at
the
. If additional court appearances are required, they
will also be charged at the
.
Family Law:
Divorces:
|
, no children: |
$500 |
|
: |
$1,000 |
Any other divorce
action will be charged at the
, with a pre-negotiated
retainer.
The
for an
uncontested divorce includes one office visit and one court
appearance. Additional office visits merely to execute
documents will also be included in that fee, but if
additional visits are required to correct or otherwise
modify the information used to prepare the initial documents
(as, for example, discovery that there is an unresolved
issue not apparent at the start), they will be charged at
the
. If additional court appearances are required, they
will also be charged at the
.
Criminal Law:
| Simple traffic offense: |
$350 |
| Misdemeanor
defense: |
$1,000 |
| DUI defense
(first offense): |
$1,500 |
If any of the above
require an appearance at trial, trial preparation and
appearance will be charged at the
, with a
pre-negotiated retainer.
Any other criminal
matter, if accepted, will be charged at the
, with a
pre-negotiated retainer. Note that complex criminal matters generally
will be referred to other attorneys.
As attorney
work is performed on your matter, it will be documented and you will
receive a report no less frequently than monthly. You will
know what work has been done, and how much of the retainer
has been used to pay for that work. If the balance of your
retainer drops below $500, you will need to deposit
additional funds to bring the balance back to the original
minimum. If, at the conclusion of your matter, not all the
money in the retainer fund was required to pay for attorney
work, the balance will be returned to you.
“[O]ne
of the Fifth Amendment’s “basic functions . . . is to
protect innocent men . . . ‘who otherwise might be
ensnared by ambiguous circumstances.’ ” Grunewald v.
United States, 353 U. S. 391, 421 (1957) (quoting Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City, 350
U. S. 551, 557–558 (1956)) (emphasis in original). In
Grunewald, we recognized that truthful responses of an
innocent witness, as well as those of a wrongdoer, may
provide the government with incriminating evidence from
the speaker’s own mouth. 353 U. S., at 421–422.” Ohio
v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17, 21 (2001) |
