Construction Defect Lawyer: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in. Tell us where you are and we will send the list.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, what starts the work for each one, and the three rooms to be in. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Attorney Construction & Property Defect
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody gets sued - Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands - Facility Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands - Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Attorney Employment & Labor (Two-way)
Shared trigger: somebody gets sued
The three rooms to be in
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, commercial property managers, and P&C insurance agents.
- CAI (Community Associations Institute): Your partners are in this room: community association managers and structural engineers.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and employment attorneys.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, commercial property managers, and P&C insurance agents.
- CAI Southeast Florida chapter: Your partners are in this room: community association managers and structural engineers.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and employment attorneys.
Don't confuse this with networking: State bar practice sections. Learning and supplier access, not referrals.
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade. When something happens that makes people need construction attorneys, who else gets a call that same week?
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
Match strength is how much of your work starts from the same event as theirs, scored out of 100. Higher means you are more often called into the same job in the same week.
- 1 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: somebody gets sued 76 match strength out of 100
- 2 Commercial Property Manager They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 73 match strength out of 100
- 3 Facility Manager They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 72 match strength out of 100
- 4 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 70 match strength out of 100
- 5 Attorney Employment & Labor Two-way Trigger: somebody gets sued 65 match strength out of 100
- 6 Commercial Kitchen Equipment & Service They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 64 match strength out of 100
- 7 Structural Engineer They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 63 match strength out of 100
- 8 Attorney Business & Corporate Two-way Trigger: somebody gets sued 63 match strength out of 100
- 9 Cybersecurity Two-way Trigger: somebody gets sued 61 match strength out of 100
- 10 Restaurant / Food Service They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 61 match strength out of 100
- 1 Private Investigator You send them work Trigger: somebody gets sued 63 match strength out of 100
- 2 Public Adjuster They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 61 match strength out of 100
- 3 Structural Engineer They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 59 match strength out of 100
- 4 Water & Storm Damage Restoration They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 57 match strength out of 100
- 5 Attorney Employment & Labor Two-way Trigger: somebody gets sued 57 match strength out of 100
- 6 Cybersecurity Two-way Trigger: somebody gets sued 57 match strength out of 100
Knowing the names is half of it. We will send the list with what to say to each one. Send me my list ↑
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you. Give someone nine choices and they pick none, so we have marked the one to start with.
- 1 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your pick Your partners are in this room: community association managers, commercial property managers, and P&C insurance agents. Chapter finder →
- 2 CAI (Community Associations Institute) Your partners are in this room: community association managers and structural engineers. Chapter finder →
- 3 LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities Your partners are in this room: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and employment attorneys. Chapter finder →
- 4 Restaurant & lodging association Your partners are in this room: commercial kitchen equipment companies and restaurants. Chapter finder →
- 5 CAI chapter trade show & expo Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Chapter finder →
- 6 Independent Insurance Agents (Big I) Your partner is in this room: P&C insurance agents. Chapter finder →
- 7 BNI One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Chapter finder →
- 8 LeTip International One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Chapter finder →
- 1 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your pick Your partners are in this room: community association managers, commercial property managers, and P&C insurance agents. Chapter finder →
- 2 CAI Southeast Florida chapter Your partners are in this room: community association managers and structural engineers. Chapter finder →
- 3 LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities Your partners are in this room: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and employment attorneys. Chapter finder →
- 4 Restaurant & lodging association Your partners are in this room: commercial kitchen equipment companies and restaurants. Chapter finder →
- 5 CAI chapter trade show & expo Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Chapter finder →
- 6 Independent Insurance Agents (Big I) Your partner is in this room: P&C insurance agents. Chapter finder →
- 7 Prime Time Business Network One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. See chapters →
- 8 An independent local leads group One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
State bar practice sections
Most construction attorneys join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licenses, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.
Let us be straight with you. For construction attorneys, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
These rooms meet on real dates. We will send you the next ones for your area. Send me the dates ↑
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one Attorney Construction & Property Defect per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add your ZIP code in the form above to see which seats are open. Go to the form ↑
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have chapters across South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsWant this as a list you can act on?
Send it to yourself: the partners above, the rooms ranked for construction attorneys, and the next meeting dates for your area.
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