Washington, D.C. Family Law Cyber Attorney

Welcome to DCDivorceOnline.com — the law firm that provides online legal services that you can afford and at your convenience. One of our passions is figuring out how to help people divorce peacefully and get on with their lives, without spending thousands of dollars on legal fees. If you have children, the money is better spent on your children than on legal fees, if you can avoid it.

Attorney Richard S. Granat established Granat Legal Services, P.L.L.C. to demonstrate the concept of a law firm on the Web, or a "virtual law firm." A virtual law firm is one which offers legal services at a price that people of moderate and middle income can afford.

Professional Background and Credentials

Attorney Granat is the author of "How to Do Your Own Divorce in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia," and "Divorce: A Do-It-Yourself Manual For Marylanders," He also co-authored the "Best Practice Guidelines for Legal Information Web Site Providers," which were adopted by the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates in February 2003.

Lawyer Granat is presently co-chair of the ELawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association, whose mission is to help lawyers deliver legal affordable legal services over the Internet to clients of moderate income. He is also a liaison member of the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services of the ABA, which is concerned with developing new methods of delivering legal services to people of moderate means.

In addition, he has served as:

• Coordinator of a pro se project on self-help representation in family law matters at the University of Maryland School of Law — this is where he learned about the power of self-help. See research on pro se representation at http://www.pro-selaw.org/. Attorney Granat maintains this site for others who are interested in this important movement.
• Founder of the People's Law Library of Maryland — This project taught attorney Granat about the power of the Web to change peoples lives through by providing free legal information.
• A member of the American, Maryland, and District of Columbia bar associations and the group that founded the Civil Justice Network

Richard S. Granat

Granat Legal Services, P.L.L.C.
1629 K Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20006

Phone: 202-609-9836 ▪ Fax: 561-828-5812 ▪ Email

Granat Legal Services, P.L.L.C represents divorce clients online in Washington, DC.