Key deterrents to hiring a lawyer in North America 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 27, 2023
A survey conducted in North America among legal consumers in 2022 revealed that almost 53 percent of respondents consider slowness to respond was the most common deterrent to hiring an attorney. The cost of hiring a legal services provider also played a big role. Expensive legal fees were also indicated as one of the main deterrents by roughly 48 percent of respondents.

Main deterrents to hiring an attorney according to legal consumers in the United States and Canada in 2022

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Release date

September 2022

Region

Canada, United States

Survey time period

June 14 to July 29, 2022

Number of respondents

618 respondents

Special properties

legal consumers in the Martindale-Avvo database who had a current legal need or dealt with one in the past 12 months

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

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