We don’t offer free consultations — and here’s why that’s good news for you
You searched for a free consultation. We’d rather be straight with you than waste your time.
Montgomery Law does not offer free consultations. Not because we don’t want to hear from you, but because in our experience a free consultation is rarely a consultation at all. It’s a sales pitch built on limited information.
What usually happens in a “free consult”
Fifteen or twenty minutes on the phone. Nobody has read your child’s IEP, the evaluation reports, the discipline notice or the district’s correspondence. The lawyer hasn’t seen a single document. So the advice is necessarily general, and the real purpose of the call is to decide whether your case is worth taking.
You hang up knowing little more than when you dialled — and sometimes believing something about your rights that isn’t quite right.
What we do instead: the Legal Information and Strategy Session
If your situation is serious enough to need solving, it’s worth sitting down with a lawyer who has actually read your file.
Our Legal Information and Strategy Session (LISS) is $600, and it includes:
- At least one hour of record review before we meet. Your documents, the relevant law, and the district’s own policies — read properly, in advance.
- A full hour with your lawyer, by Zoom or phone. Your questions, your situation, your options.
- A written follow-up memo setting out the issues, what the law says, and your realistic next steps.
That’s three or more hours of dedicated attorney time. You leave with a plan in writing, not an impression from a phone call.
And if you go on to retain us, the $600 is credited against your advance fee. If the memo means you can handle it yourself — as some families do — that’s a good outcome too.
Is it worth $600?
That’s your call. But consider what’s actually at stake: your child’s placement, services, evaluation, graduation, or disciplinary record. Those decisions follow a child for years.
We think you deserve real answers rather than a polite pitch. Charging for the session is what allows us to give them.
Learn more about the LISS and book a session →
Still want to talk first?
That’s fine. Use the chat button on this page during business hours and a real person will answer, or send us a message using the form at the bottom of any page. Tell us what’s happening and we’ll tell you honestly whether a LISS is the right next step.
Montgomery Law represents families — parents and students. We do not represent schools or school districts.