MODEST MEANS PANEL PROGRAM
The Schenectady County Bar Association is pleased to announce the launch of a new program meant to meet the needs of litigants with limited financial means.

The Modest Means Program offers reduced fee legal services to Family Court and Matrimonial litigants with cases pending in Schenectady County.
Litigants must meet financial guidelines in order to qualify for the Panel. The Program will encompass litigants who earn too much to qualify for Legal Aid, Assigned Counsel, or other available pro bono services, but do not earn enough or possess sufficient assets to secure private counsel at the going market rates.

Attorney participation on the Panel is voluntary. Attorneys who elect to be on the Panel agree to bill $100 per hour for their services, and to take reduced retainers of up to $1,000. In all other respects, participating attorneys are free to take or decline a client and to collect fees or expenses charged for work performed.

• Modest Means Information for Clients
• Modest Means Information for Attorneys