Attorney Family Law: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for family law attorneys and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need family law attorneys, who else gets a call that same week?
Family law attorneys sell to individuals and households, and most of the work starts when a marriage ends. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.
- Divorcewhen a marriage ends
- Lawsuit or claimwhen somebody gets sued
- Arrest or criminal chargewhen somebody gets arrested or charged
- New babywhen a couple has a child
- Death / probatewhen somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
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.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
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Mental Health Therapist
Two-way68Trigger: a marriage ends
You and therapists and counselors both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)
They send you work64Trigger: somebody gets sued
Community association managers hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 03
Insurance Property & Casualty
They send you work61Trigger: somebody gets sued
P&C insurance agents hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Financial Advisor
You send them work57Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before financial advisors do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
- 05
Private Investigator
Two-way57Trigger: a marriage ends
You and private investigators both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Attorney Real Estate
You send them work56Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before real estate attorneys do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
- 07
Attorney Business & Corporate
They send you work55Trigger: somebody gets sued
Business attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 08
Primary Care Physician
They send you work54Trigger: a couple has a child
Primary care practices hear about it when a couple has a child, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 09
Insurance Life
Two-way53Trigger: a marriage ends
You and life insurance agents both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Attorney Estate Planning & Probate
Two-way53Trigger: a marriage ends
You and estate planning attorneys both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Mental Health Therapist
Two-way65Trigger: a marriage ends
You and therapists and counselors both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 02
Private Investigator
Two-way56Trigger: a marriage ends
You and private investigators both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Insurance Life
Two-way52Trigger: a marriage ends
You and life insurance agents both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 04
Real Estate Agent (Residential)
You send them work52Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before residential real estate agents do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
- 05
Real Estate Appraiser
You send them work50Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before appraisers do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Financial Advisor
You send them work50Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before financial advisors do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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.
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Your partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, life insurance agents, and estate planning attorneys.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 03
NAIFA / FPA chapter
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors and life insurance agents.
Classes and carrier ties. Life, property, and investment people here do refer to each other when their licenses differ.
Chapter finder → - 04
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, private investigators, and business attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 05
CAI (Community Associations Institute)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
Condo and HOA managers, board members, and management companies. One manager here can control hundreds of homes. They have a membership just for vendors, so you can join.
Chapter finder → - 06
CAI chapter trade show & expo
Event or trade showYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
Hundreds of association managers and board members walking a vendor floor, there to find vendors. One of the few trade shows where a booth actually pays off.
Chapter finder → - 07
BNI
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.
Chapter finder → - 08
LeTip International
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly referral chapters. One person per job. Strong with trades and home services.
Chapter finder →
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Your partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, life insurance agents, and estate planning attorneys.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 03
NAIFA / FPA chapter
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors and life insurance agents.
Classes and carrier ties. Life, property, and investment people here do refer to each other when their licenses differ.
Chapter finder → - 04
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, private investigators, and business attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 05
CAI Southeast Florida chapter
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
South Florida has more condos than almost anywhere, so this room is packed with association managers. Vendors can go to the trade shows and the monthly lunches.
Chapter finder → - 06
CAI chapter trade show & expo
Event or trade showYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
Hundreds of association managers and board members walking a vendor floor, there to find vendors. One of the few trade shows where a booth actually pays off.
Chapter finder → - 07
Prime Time Business Network
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
A South Florida referral group. Only one person per job in each chapter. So your competitors are kept out, and your referral partners have the other seats.
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An independent local leads group
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Most cities have small leads groups you will never find online. A realtor or insurance agent usually starts them. Ask three people in your trade who they meet with.
State bar practice sections
Most family law attorneys join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. Classes, standards, and lawyers who share cases. The exception is across practice areas. Estate and family lawyers refer to each other all the time. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licences, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.
State bar practice sections →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.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one attorney family law per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in 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 roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for family law attorneys, with the one page plan.
We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Attorney Family Law
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Mental Health Therapist (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends - Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody gets sued - Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody gets sued - Financial Advisor (You send them work)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends - Private Investigator (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends
The three rooms to be in
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, life insurance agents, and estate planning attorneys.
- NAIFA / FPA chapter: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors and life insurance agents.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: therapists and counselors, community association managers, and P&C insurance agents.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, life insurance agents, and estate planning attorneys.
- 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.