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Preparing for a Coaching Session with Lee
Here's how I encourage most folks to prepare for a
coaching session with me at
Alabama Family Law Center. Every person going
through divorce or separation is different, of course, and you may know a good
reason why one of these suggestions is inappropriate for you. In general,
though, they're a good guide for most of my clients:
 | Take time before we meet to write down your questions.
That's not because those are the only questions you get to ask; my coaching
sessions are free-flowing and unconfined. However, if you're going through
separation or divorce, you are in crisis. You don't process information as
quickly as you did before, you don't keep your temper as well as you did
before, and you don't remember as well as you did before. Later on, you'll be
fine again, but right now, things slip your mind easily. If you write down
your questions, you'll be more likely to remember those things that are most
important to you. |
| Gather as much information as you can about the issues
you and your spouse are facing. If you're concerned about
property division, gather information about what you
and your spouse own and what the two of you owe, using the
do-it-yourself inventory. If you're concerned
about alimony, gather information about
income and expenses for
each of you. Whatever the issue you want to find out about, gather information
that will relate to that issue - you get the idea. If these terms are new to
you, spend some time learning about the main issues
of divorce. |
| There's no need to send me information before our
session; just bring it with you when you come. |
| Consider bringing a buddy with you. Remember what we
said about crisis? It may be helpful to have an extra pair of eyes and ears,
not just to help you to remember what to ask but also to help remember what I
said in the session. Because it may be important for purposes of
attorney-client privilege, there may be moments when I ask your buddy to
excuse us so you and I can visit alone, but in general, it's okay for your
buddy to be present for most of the session. Even if you don't bring a buddy
with you when we meet, you may want to review with someone the questions you
plan to ask. Your friend may think of
something to ask that you haven't thought about. |
| Please come prepared to pay for your session when we
finish. That makes life more pleasant for both of us. I take cash. checks,
Visa, and Mastercard. The charge is $200 per hour, and I measure time in
tenths of an hour. So if you and I talk for 32 minutes, that's 6/10 of
an hour, and I will ask you to pay me $120 when we finish. |
| You may also want to read the
Coaching Agreement
I'll ask you to sign. I seldom have anybody object to anything in it,
but it never hurts to have a better idea what to expect. |
No representation is
made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the
quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
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