Finding A Lawyer
Wie finden Sie Ihren Rechtsanwalt? asks Stiftung Warentest in a recent online survey. Good question, and my hunch is Germans go about this task in a different manner than Americans, at least outside of the business context. One main reason for my suspicion is the fact that in the United States lawyers can advertise for their services. I grew up watching Sam Bernstein commercials on television, where he implored viewers to call him if they had been injured: 1-800-Call-Sam was the number (see above picture)! Such commercials surely have an impact on how people find a lawyer. Whether this is a good thing or not is an entirely different question.
