You should understand different types of lawyers because everyone will have to hire a lawyer at some instant of your life. It's sometimes difficult to select the right lawyer if someone doesn't know anything about it. You should know the specialized fields of lawyers to choose the right person for your case.

Let us see different types of lawyers and their field of work.

Basically lawyers are categorized into civil and criminal lawyers. Others come under this main classification.

• Divorce lawyers- they are specialized in annulment and divorce. They find solutions in certain hard situations of life. Despite divorce cases, there are certain situations in which he can help you. These include financial planning, visitation, avoid going to court, mediation and custody etc.
• Civil lawyers- they deal with business concerns, individuals, and disputes between organizations and individuals. They handle property disputes, marriage and divorce, wrongful death, malpractice etc.
• Bankruptcy lawyers- they helps individuals finance organizations for bankruptcy and help them to get right solutions for them. They also help to avoid properties being repossessed.
• Family lawyers- they handle all the issues related to a family. Domestic violations, paternity, child visitation rights, adoption and divorce are among those.
• Criminal lawyers- they work on criminal offences. Sometimes people may have to defend themselves as they have been charged by a crime. The grade of crime varies from small cases to large cases such as murder etc.
• Accident lawyers- they help those who got injury from accidents to get compensation from the owner of the vehicle.
• Malpractice lawyers- they fight on medical malpractice which leads to death of patients or loss of organs.
• Immigration lawyers- immigration lawyers provide, help for immigration related issues. Sometimes they work with government agencies.
• Tax lawyers- they deal with all related issues of taxation.

The above lists show different types of lawyers. You have to choose the right lawyer for your case from this listing. This will increase the rate of success of your case.

  If you are in a situation such that you have met an accident and you require a lawyer for claiming the compensation or consider you want divorce from your partner or consider any such situation, the success of your case will depend on selection of the right lawyer for your case. Selection of the right lawyer will depend on certain facts. Below are certain points to be considered for the selection of a lawyer.

Location

Always look for a lawyer who is close to your residence since this will help you to meet him when necessary and you can discuss the case details with him. If he lives far, he should try to meet you and this will consequence in wastage of your and his time. Some lawyers can handle the case individually and will not require external help. However some others are not so. They require help from his fellows. Therefore it's up to you to decide who is apt for your case.

Experience and history

This is another important factor which is to be considered for selecting the right lawyer for your case. Do a bit of research for finding the experience and skills of a lawyer. You can also ask the lawyer to give the case details that he won and lose. After this assessment you will be more confident about his abilities and you can take wise decision.

Expertise

A lawyer who is specialized in certain fields is required for the presentation of certain cases having some peculiarities. Usually claims on accidents are done by certain lawyers, criminal cases by some other specialized lawyer and so on. So the field of expertise also plays an important role in selecting the right lawyer for your case.

Researching on the above hints and selecting the right lawyer will help you to save time and money. Moreover this will help for the success of your case.