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New matter? Start with our Inquiry Hub.
The quickest way to get a meaningful answer is our online Inquiry Hub. Choose the kind of matter you have, answer a short set of questions written for that type of case, and an attorney or member of our staff will review your submission. Most people finish in about ten minutes. The preliminary review is free.
Preliminary inquiry only — no attorney-client relationship
Completing a questionnaire, submitting a form, calling, or emailing the firm is a preliminary inquiry. It does not create an attorney-client relationship. Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, PC does not represent you unless and until the firm agrees to do so in a written, signed fee agreement.
Consistent with Rule 1.18 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, we treat the information you provide in a preliminary inquiry as confidential, and we will not use or reveal it except as those Rules permit. That confidentiality does not make you our client, does not mean we have agreed to take your matter, and does not mean the firm is protecting any deadline for you. You alone remain responsible for every statute of limitations, notice requirement, and filing deadline until the firm has agreed to represent you in a written, signed fee agreement.
So that we can first check for conflicts of interest, please share only the basic facts needed to evaluate your matter, and do not send confidential information or documents until we have spoken.
Why start with the Inquiry Hub?
The right questions
Civil rights, injury, wrongful death, FOIA, defamation, construction, business, and appeals each have their own questions, so we get the facts that matter for your kind of case the first time.
Reviewed by our team
An attorney or member of our staff reads every submission and lets you know whether we can help, without a round of back-and-forth emails.
Protects your information
The questions are designed to let us run a conflict check before you share anything confidential. Please don’t send confidential documents until we have spoken.
Have a court date or deadline coming up? Some deadlines to file a claim are as short as a few months. Call us at (804) 783-2000 rather than waiting for a reply to a form or email.
How a new matter moves forward
Preliminary review
Submit your matter through the Inquiry Hub. We provide a brief, free preliminary review and let you know whether we can help. Our response is necessarily limited; if your matter is more involved and needs substantial time, we may suggest a follow-up consultation, which is entirely at your option.
Follow-up consultation
A focused session with an associate attorney to review the facts and issues of your matter and give you our legal opinion. Details and payment ↓
$400 flat fee for up to one hour with an associate attorney
When a matter needs more than a brief preliminary response, a consultation gives you dedicated attorney time to work through it.
What the consultation includes
- A review of the issues and facts related to the matter or matters you want us to look at.
- Our legal opinions based on those facts.
- A discussion of whether the firm would be willing to represent you and, if so, the terms of that representation.
Terms
- The $400 consultation fee is a flat fee that covers up to one hour of an associate’s time. It is paid into the firm’s trust account and is earned when the consultation is held.
- If the consultation takes less than one hour, there is no credit or refund for the unused time.
- If the consultation does not take place, the fee will be refunded.
- If the consultation goes beyond one hour, additional time is charged at $400 per hour.
- There is no guarantee the firm will agree to represent you, even if your case has merit.
- If the firm agrees to represent you beyond the consultation, we will require a written fee agreement.
How to arrange your consultation
- Pay $400 into the firm’s trust accountUse our secure LawPay trust-account page. Enter your full name and note “Consultation” so we can match your payment.
- Let us know you have paidCall (804) 783-2000 or email contact@robertslaw.org with your name and phone number, and we will contact you to schedule.
- Prepare for the meetingHave a simple bullet-point chronology of the significant events written and ready to send, along with copies of the important documents you think will help us review your matter.
Payments are processed by LawPay, a payment processor built for law firms. Paying for a consultation does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship for representation in your matter; the firm represents you only under a written agreement.
Helpful hints for describing your matter
Just the facts
Give a brief bullet-point chronology of the facts and events, in order, with dates where you have them.
Skip the conclusions
Leave out opinions about how strong the case is. We will evaluate that; what we need from you is what happened.
Documents, after the conflict check
Hold confidential documents until we have confirmed we can speak with you. We will tell you what to send.
Other ways to reach us
For general questions, or a matter that does not fit any Inquiry Hub category, contact the firm directly.
For general information and inquiries. By emailing, you agree to the Terms of Use below.
105 S. 1st Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. Emails, texts, and Inquiry Hub submissions to the firm do not create an attorney-client relationship. By contacting the firm, you agree to the Terms of Use.
Terms of Use
Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. makes every effort to provide relevant general legal information in response to inquiries. Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. requires a written representation agreement before an attorney-client relationship is created and before the firm represents you. By using this contact, you agree that you will not disclose any confidential information or seek to disqualify Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. in the event that the firm represents an adverse party. All deadlines, including notice and filing deadlines, remain your responsibility until and unless the firm has entered a representation agreement with you. Use of this contact email does NOT create an attorney-client relationship.
Attorneys with Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. are licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and are admitted to practice law in all Virginia Courts and in various federal courts including the United States Supreme Court. No act by or communication from the law firm of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. should be construed as evincing any intent or purpose to avail himself or itself of the privilege of conducting activities within any other State or forum or to invoke the benefits and protections of such State or forum’s laws.
