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Attorney Family Law: 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.

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The rooms for family law attorneys, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

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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 Family Law

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Mental Health Therapist (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: a marriage ends
  2. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody gets sued
  3. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody gets sued
  4. Financial Advisor (You send them work)
    Shared trigger: a marriage ends
  5. Private Investigator (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: a marriage ends

The three rooms to be in

  1. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
  2. Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, life insurance agents, and estate planning attorneys.
  3. NAIFA / FPA chapter: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors and life insurance agents.

Don't confuse this with networking: State bar practice sections. Learning and supplier access, not referrals.

The people

Who should be sending you clients

Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade. When something happens that makes people need family law attorneys, who else gets a call that same week?

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. 1 Mental Health Therapist Two-way Trigger: a marriage ends 68 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: somebody gets sued 64 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: somebody gets sued 61 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Financial Advisor You send them work Trigger: a marriage ends 57 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Private Investigator Two-way Trigger: a marriage ends 57 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Attorney Real Estate You send them work Trigger: a marriage ends 56 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Attorney Business & Corporate They send you work Trigger: somebody gets sued 55 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Primary Care Physician They send you work Trigger: a couple has a child 54 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Insurance Life Two-way Trigger: a marriage ends 53 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Attorney Estate Planning & Probate Two-way Trigger: a marriage ends 53 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 ↑

The rooms

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. 1 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your pick Your partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 Your local estate planning council Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, life insurance agents, and estate planning attorneys. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 NAIFA / FPA chapter Your partners are in this room: financial advisors and life insurance agents. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities Your partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, private investigators, and business attorneys. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 CAI (Community Associations Institute) Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 CAI chapter trade show & expo Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Event or trade show · Annual · $500–$2,000/yr · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  7. 7 BNI One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~8 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
  8. 8 LeTip International One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~7 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
The competitor trap

State bar practice sections

Most family law 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 family law 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 ↑

Your seat

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Prime Time takes one Attorney Family Law per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.

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