Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A.

The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements, including slick “mailers”, large yellow page ads and T.V. advertising/marketing.

About The Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A.

The Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A. is a two lawyer firm where we are dedicated to personally providing our clients with professional, thorough, and competent legal representation throughout Central Florida, including Orange, Seminole, Lake, Brevard, Osceola, and Volusia counties. Our highly skilled attorneys and staff are committed to producing the best results for our clients.

Word-of-Mouth: Referral-Based Law Firm

At the Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A., we are a purely referral-based firm, and the majority of our clientele is the result of “word-of-mouth.” Our law firm does not advertise. After an arrest, the individual arrested will generally receive numerous fliers or advertisements from attorneys seeking his or her business. At the Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A. we do not participate in this kind of marketing and advertising. Instead, our firm strongly believes that the important decision of hiring an attorney should be based on the qualifications, expertise, experience, education, and reputation of the attorney, as well as whether the attorney was referred by someone else. The Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A. provides the highest level of quality legal work because we want our clients to return to us with future legal needs as well as refer other business to us.

“Former Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger once told a lawyers’ convention that he would rather dig ditches than be a lawyer who advertises.”  Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

“[Former Supreme Court Justice Warren] Burger was a frequent critic of the legal profession and its declining public image. He found lawyer advertising distasteful, lamented the rise in discovery abuse, and found many lawyer discipline systems to be inadequate. Burger once estimated that up to one-half of all lawyers entering court were not adequately trained to fully represent their clients.” The Third Branch, July 1995 Warren Burger Leaves Imprint on the Judiciary; http://www.uscourts.gov/ttb/julttb/warren.htm

See Al H. Ringleb et al., Lawyer Direct Mail Advertisements: Regulatory Environment, Economics, and Consumer Perceptions, 17 PAC. L.J. 1199, 1199 n.1 (1986) (quoting Chief Justice Warren Burger's comment to the American Bar Association's Commission on Advertising that potential legal clients should be warned to "never, never, never under any circumstances" retain an attorney who advertises), (emphasis added) quoted in 24 SETON HALL L. REV. 1579, 1582 n.6 (1993); Went For It, Inc. v. The Florida Bar, 21 F.3d 1038 (11th Cir. 1994), cert. granted, 115 S. Ct. 42 (1994), rev'd, 115 S. Ct. 2371 (1995) (finding constitutional The Florida Bar's ban on direct mail solicitation of personal injury or wrongful death clients within 30 days of accident). http://www.law.fsu.edu/Journals/lawreview/issues/231/birk.html

Unique Fee Structure: Fees Individually Designed for Each of Our Clients

The fees at the Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A. are based on a task-value billing system. We do not believe that “one-price-fits-all,” especially in the legal profession. Our fees are based on multiple factors including, but not limited to:

• the complexity of the case;
• the time and labor involved;
• paralegal assistance;
• the number and uniqueness of the legal issues;
• constitutional rights issues/violations;
• the legal tactics
• motions filed to “attack” the evidence;
• dismissal and/or suppression issues;
• the jurisdiction (location) of the court;
• the judge assigned to the case;
• the prosecutor assigned to the case;
• the arresting officer and the officer’s evaluation of client’s “attitude, politeness & cooperation”;
• the number of witnesses;
• guilt or innocence of client;
• additional demands and time required by high maintenance clients, and
• the reputation, experience, and ability of the attorneys at the Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A. in specific areas of law.

            Criminal Cases

There are generally five separate and distinct levels of representation in a criminal case.

When representation begins at one level of representation and then proceeds to a higher fee level of representation, then the additional charge/fee is due before the day of your next court date, i.e.:  motions hearing/plea/trial, etc..

You will also be required to pay the necessary expenses separately as these expenses are incurred by The Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A.  These expenses may include but shall not be limited to, deposition costs, long distance phone calls, photocopying, private investigators, polygraph, voice stress analysis, witness fees, expert witness, court reporter fees and expenses, process server fees, facsimile, paralegal services, itemization fee, travel expenses outside of the Central Florida area, and all other expenses The Law Offices of Neal T. McShane, P.A considers reasonably necessary for proper defense in this action.