Intake Form

Please use this form for an initial attorney consultation if you are considering hiring Steven Law Firm for your matter. Do not use this form for solicitation, duplicate entries, or third-party requests. We receive many more requests than we are able to respond to at present.

We also reserve calendar time for a limited number of 20 minute flat-fee consultations. This is often enough time to size up and talk through the viability of a specific case. Payment and scheduling links are offered at the conclusion of this form.

  • What's the issue?
  • About Your Case
  • Your Information
  • Agreement
  • Complete

What's the issue?

Which of the following is most like your situation?
I have been or may be charged with a crime. (criminal)
I may be getting sued. (civil)
I am considering suing. (civil)
Other: I need an attorney's assistance with something not listed above.

Check this if your case involves defamation. (slander/libel) Defamation cases in Oregon are complex and difficult. Please first check the defamation guide to self-screen your situation in case it clearly would not support a defamation claim. 

Contingent and pro bono billing is generally not available for defamation, and the firm no longer offers free consultations on potential defamation cases. A payment link is provided at the conclusion of this form.

Are you seeking a mediator or arbitrator? Please instead fill out the mediation/arbitration intake form here. If not, check this box and continue.

About Your Case

Note: if you are already represented by us, you should not use this form.
Please provide your current attorney's name. We will not contact your current attorney without asking you for permission first.

Please write us a quick note about your legal situation in general. Do not provide any confidential information here; we will go into that later if necessary.

If you prefer that we just give you a phone call, you may make a note to that effect here and continue to the next page.

Please list, as close to verbatim as possible, the statements that the person made or wrote that are possibly defamatory.
You may upload several files here if you believe they will be helpful to the attorney assessing your case. Note that this is not confidential, so please do not upload materials here that are privileged or protected by confidentiality laws.
Maximum 6 files.
20 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip.

This question is about your preference, and does not commit you to one model of payment or the other.

In civil cases, the goal is usually to pursue a large damages award at trial or reach a satisfactory settlement. The client and attorney must agree on how the attorney is to be paid.  In general, there are two options:

Hourly - You can expect to receive any damages award, minus attorney fees and costs, without sharing a percentage with the attorney. Most of the cases we accept are funded this way.

Contingency - You agree to share a significant percentage of any damages award with the attorney, but you don't have the same up-front costs of hourly attorney fees as in the above.

What type of entity is the opposing party in your case?
Are there significant assets, such as an estate, real property, insurance, intellectual property, or investments involved or at risk if you lose? If so, please list the key items at issue and their approximate value.
Does your opponent possess significant assets, such as an estate, revocable trusts, real property, insurance proceeds, intellectual property, or investments not otherwise involved in this matter? If so, please list the key items and their approximate value.
$ USD

To the extent possible, please estimate how much money the harmful conduct of the party you are considering suing has directly cost you.

Your attorney will determine whether other avenues are available to lower your overall costs. This could include requiring the other side to pay your attorney fees if you win, triple damages, punitive damages, and so on depending on the type of case.

If there is already an open court case, enter the case number here. State case numbers usually start with the last two digits of the year followed by two letters. Federal case numbers often have the ':' symbol and several dashes amongst the letters and numbers.
Please enter the date and time of your next court appearance, if known.

Your Information

Please choose the best time of day for us to call you back. We try to return calls as quickly as possible; usually within one business day.
Please provide an email address that you regularly monitor.
If you wish to provide your mailing address at this time, select an option here.

Agreement

Referral / Affiliation
Be sure to select any affiliation or referral source for this matter.
Please list your employer (eg, UPS) and your local union number.
Please let us know who referred you to us.

Please check the box if you agree that sending us this form only opens up a conversation with us. It does not guarantee that we will represent you in your case. By sending this message to us, you agree that you will not claim or believe that we are offering you legal representation until we agree in writing to take your case. 

If your matter is extremely time sensitive, you may request an expedited meeting time by replying to the email you receive after you submit this.

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