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Consultation and Fees

Consultation		$250.00 flat fee
Retainer for most divorces		$3,500.00 retainer (incl. filing fees)
	Divorce or post-divorce filing with custody dispute or matters which have already had a substantial amount of legal proceedings	$5,000.00 min. retainer
Child support modification		$1,500.00 min. retainer
Drafting prenuptial agreements – Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas
	Retainer for most Prenuptial Agreements Click here for more information about Prenuptial Agreements	$5,000.00 min.
	Reviewing proposals drafted by another attorney	$750.00
Other family law matters		Varies
Attorneys charge hourly rates ranging from at $215.00 to $350.00 per hour. Paralegals charge hourly rates from $85.00 to $130.00 per hour. Charges for services contracted by outside professionals, such as appraisers, forensic accountants, or child custody evaluators, will be quoted in advance and may be billed separately.

Consultation

One of the most helpful services we provide to potential clients is the consultation. During your consultation, we attempt to answer as many questions as possible. We take the time to understand your situation, your needs, and your goals. After learning about you, we can give you tailored advice which can save you significant time, money, and stress. To read more about our team approach and what makes us different, click here.

You will pre-pay a $250.00 fee to consult with an attorney for an hour. The Consultation Fee for Miles Mason, Sr. is $350.00. Because there is a flat fee for the consultation, you need not worry that “the clock is ticking” in case the consultation lasts a bit more than an hour. You are encouraged to take the time to be sure you are getting the advice you need and that you understand your legal options. If your consultation takes significantly longer than an hour, you will be charged that lawyer’s hourly rate. You will be informed well in advance that an additional fee will be charged. At any time during or after the consultation, you may choose to retain our firm. For your convenience, Crone & Mason,plc, accepts Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

If you are considering retaining our firm, the consultation provides an excellent opportunity for you to become acquainted with our professional team, who will be there to help you throughout your case. The consultation is confidential and subject to the attorney-client privilege, even if you do not retain us.

Feel free to inquire at any time before, during, or after the consultation about the costs of any future representation. We want you to feel comfortable with the arrangements so that you can get the most out of your visit with us. For many clients, we are the first law firm they have ever engaged. We welcome all questions. Every case is different, and as a result, attorney’s fees can vary greatly from case to case. While it is impossible to forecast at the front end exactly how long any case will take, we will endeavor during your consultation to give you our best estimate of how much time your case could take and what you could potentially end up paying in attorney’s fees, expenses, and costs. Furthermore, even though your case might involve various unforeseen factors, we will provide a candid and straightforward analysis of what the costs of your case might be.

A “telephone consultation” is just like a regular consultation, except for the fact that it occurs over the telephone. The same $250.00 consultation fee applies and must be paid in advance.

If you are visiting us for consultation, please understand, however, that, even though you may have decided you would like to engage our firm, we reserve the unconditional right not to represent you. There are many reasons why we might decide not to represent you, but if we make such a decision, it should never be taken personally.

Important goals for the consultation include making you feel comfortable, determining the unique problems you face in the circumstances of your case, obtaining necessary information to evaluate and plan your case, and collaborating to set goals. We perform an initial analysis, looking at known facts, the law, the strengths of your case, and the weaknesses of the case. Great care is taken in helping you choose what course of action is best for you and your family. This early analysis includes decisions regarding the investigation and legal research necessary to accomplish your goals.

After becoming a client, you should meet your team and receive additional reading material and a homework packet. These resources and tools have been painstakingly prepared to provide a concise and definitive introduction to the divorce process, forming the basis for our giving the attention to detail to their cases which our clients demand. Many of the homework exercises have been specially created by the Crone & Mason, plc, Family Law Practice Group after receiving feedback from previous clients about the most effective ways to share important information.

Memphis Divorce details Tennessee divorce law and many different family law issues. With offices in Memphis and Nashville TN, divorce attorneys and family lawyers with the Crone & Mason, PLC Family Law Practice Group provide specific reference information, including answers to many frequently asked questions. Copyright, Crone & Mason, plc, 2009. Please see Warning and Disclaimer.

To Schedule a Consultation or For More Information

We look forward to the possibility of meeting with you. If you wish to arrange a consultation with one of our attorneys, please simply call us at and ask to speak to a paralegal or a legal secretary with the Family Law Practice Group. After providing some basic information to help us know more about you, we will assist you with questions you may have regarding our services, our fees, and our charge for consultations. Then you can choose to schedule an appointment for your consultation. Please arrive about fifteen (15) minutes before your appointment to complete some basic paperwork and make financial arrangements.

Phone Numbers:

Memphis: 901.683.1850

Nashville - Brentwood: 615.369.0640

Arkansas: 901.683.1850
Miles Mason, Sr. is licensed in Arkansas

Important Details About Retainers and Rates

A retainer is an amount paid to secure representation when a client engages a law firm. Retainer amounts and corresponding terms and conditions vary greatly from one law firm to another. The Crone & Mason, plc, Family Law Practice Group requires that a retainer be paid before representation begins. Our retainers are fully refundable, after being reduced by all charges for the work performed on the case prior to issuing the refund. No part of the retainer is deemed earned when paid. In other words, the retainer is merely a down-payment against future legal services. Also, we require that clients maintain all or most of the retainer balance at all times during representation. At the conclusion of the matter, the retainer balance is refunded. We reserve the right to increase the retainer ranges and rates without notice or update to this web site. For pre-nuptial agreements, child support modification and enforcement, alimony modification and enforcement, adoptions, and all other family-law-related matters, retainer ranges vary greatly.

Physical addresses for Crone & Mason, plc:

Crone & Mason, plc
Clark Tower
5100 Poplar Ave., Suite 3200
Memphis, TN 38137

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Crone & Mason, plc
205 Powell Place
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

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Directions to our Brentwood office: Travelling south on I-65 from Nashville towards Brentwood, turn right at Exit 74-B onto Old Hickory. Turn right onto Old Hickory heading west and travel though 4 traffic lights. Turn left onto West Park Dr and drive approximately 1/8 mile. At the first intersection, turn right on Maryland Way. Travel approximately ¼ mile and turn left onto Powell Place. Our building, Chesapeake Office Building, 205 Powell Place, is the second building on the right. For more information, call us at 615.369.0640.

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Office hours

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. , C.S.T., Monday through Friday.
For existing clients, we will make accommodations to meet after hours or on weekends.

Why we cannot answer legal questions over e-mail

We often receive e-mail from individuals seeking legal advice. Some ask simple questions. Some are desperate pleas for help. We cannot answer questions, give legal advice, or quote retainer ranges or fee rates over e-mail for several reasons. Also, we will not schedule consultations via e-mail.

First, we provide legal advice to clients only. Several things would need to happen beforeCrone & Mason, plc, plc, could agree to accept a new client. When a person calls for the first time, the firm must do a conflict check to see whether accepting the new client would present a conflict with any existing clients of the firm. To do this, we would need to know your full name and address and the identity of any parties adverse to you. It would also be necessary for you to tell us, without revealing any confidential information, the general nature of your family law problem. If our conflict check does not reveal any known conflicts, then we would be able to proceed. We would describe our billing rates and policies to you. In general, we charge by the hour plus expenses and only rarely perform fixed-fee work, except for certain small tasks that are predictable in scope. Thus, the cost to you for our services is determined by how long it takes us to do whatever you have asked us to do. Our hourly rates are adjusted from time to time and vary somewhat according to the complexity and scope of the matter.

Second, in order to answer questions accurately, we may need to ask you several questions or review documents, which cannot easily be done via e-mail.

Third, because there is no confidentiality with e-mail, some authorities have suggested that this would be a violation of ethical restrictions. Also, we have no way to know whether or not the person is who he or she claims or is already represented by another attorney.

WARNING!

Transmission and receipt of materials, including e-mail, via this web site or directly to the firm's attorneys do not create an attorney-client relationship. Persons who have not retained our firm's services who elect to transmit e-mail to the firm or an attorney of the firm should have no expectation of any protected privilege, and Crone & Mason, plc, reserves the right to disclose said transmissions to other persons. We do not, and cannot, guarantee the security of e-mail communications.

Our divorce and prenuptial agreement legal services are popular in Memphis, Tennessee, Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Cordova, Arlington; Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee; Williamson County, Franklin, Brentwood; Madison County, Jackson, Tennessee; Dyer County, Dyersburg, Tennessee; Fayette County, Somerville, Hickory With, Oakland; Tipton County, Covington; Crittenden County, Arkansas, West Memphis, Marion; Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski County.

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