IN North Allegheny Spring 2016 | Page 67

SPONSORED CONTENT BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT SPONSORED CONTENT Who is your lawyer Robert J. Amelio Attorney & Counselor I f you answered “I don’t have one,” you are among the majority of the population who plan to retain a lawyer only after a need or a problem arises that you feel you cannot handle yourself. Perhaps you are without a lawyer because you feel you cannot afford one. Finding a lawyer after a problem has arisen can be stressful. Is the lawyer competent? Trustworthy? Is the lawyer a person with whom you have rapport? Is the lawyer a person who is interested in you or your business? When problems arise, your focus should be on the problem at hand. A better way to attack a problem is with legal counsel you already know and trust. In many ways, a lawyer-client relationsh