At the law offices of Willis & Henderson, P.A. , in Ellicott City, Maryland, we offer professional representation for nearly any legal issue that may arise in the course of business and daily life. Our practice areas include DUI / DWI and criminal defense, Family Law and Divorce, business, estate planning, probate administration, personal injury and mediation/ADR services.

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WARNING!

Transmission and receipt of materials, including e-mail, via this web site or directly to the firm's attorneys do not create an attorney-client relationship. Persons who have not retained our firm's services who elect to transmit e-mail to the firm or an attorney of the firm should have no expectation of any protected privilege, and Willis & Henderson, P.A., reserves the right to disclose said transmissions to other persons. We do not, and cannot, guarantee the security of e-mail communications.

Why we cannot answer legal questions over e-mail

We often receive e-mail from individuals seeking legal advice. Some ask simple questions. Some are desperate pleas for help. We cannot answer questions, give legal advice, or quote retainer ranges or fee rates over e-mail for several reasons. Also, we will not schedule consultations via e-mail.

We provide legal advice to clients only. Several things would need to happen before Willis & Henderson, P.A., could agree to accept a new client. When a person calls for the first time, the firm must do a conflict check to see whether accepting the new client would present a conflict with any existing clients of the firm. To do this, we would need to know your full name and address and the identity of any parties adverse to you. It would also be necessary for you to tell us, without revealing any confidential information, the general nature of your family law problem. If our conflict check does not reveal any known conflicts, then we would be able to proceed. We would describe our billing rates and policies to you. In general, we charge by the hour plus expenses and only rarely perform fixed-fee work, except for certain small tasks that are predictable in scope. Thus, the cost to you for our services is determined by how long it takes us to do whatever you have asked us to do. Our hourly rates are adjusted from time to time and vary somewhat according to the complexity and scope of the matter.

In order to answer questions accurately, we may need to ask you several questions or review documents, which cannot easily be done via e-mail.

Finally, because there is no confidentiality with e-mail, it may be a violation of ethical restrictions to give advice in e-mail. Also, we have no way to know whether or not the person is who he or she claims or is already represented by another attorney.

Your e-mail should include your name, the name of any adverse party (so we can do a conflict check), and a brief description of your legal issue so we may determine whether that is the sort of case we would be able to handle.  Do not provide any confidential information.

Once we determine that we may talk to you without violating any ethical rules (i.e., we don't already represent one of the other parties), we will contact you with information on setting up a consultation.