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| Dealing with Foreign Attorneys |  • Understanding Your Attorney: Do not wait for your attorney to give a effortless answer to a difficult legal question. Ask your attorney to study your case, giving you the positive and negative aspects and possible result. Be certain that you understand the technical language in any agreement or other legal document equipped by your attorney before you mark it.
• Cost: Establish a billing schedule that meets your requirements and is acceptable to the foreign attorney. Find out what fees the attorney charges and how the attorney expects to be paid. In some countries fees are fixed by local law.
• Way of Payment: Find out the expected means of payment (corporate check, bank check, personal check, international money order, wire transfer), specify currency and exchange rates .
• Progress Reports: Remember that most foreign courts work little by little. Ask that your attorney keep you informed of the progress of your case according to a pre-established schedule. You may, therefore, wish the attorney to send you monthly reports, even though no real developments have guaranteed, simply to please your doubts about the progress of the case.
• Language: Is the attorney confident in English? If the foreign attorney does not speak or write in English, you can arrange for translation of correspondence. This may or may not be important to you.
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