NFIB: The Voice of Small Business - National Small Business Poll

All	Q#	Top 100	Question
	1		How much trust and confidence do you have in lawyers and the legal profession?
	2		In the last year, did you seek legal advice or consult with a lawyer about any matter involving your business?
	2 a		About how many times?
	2 b		In the last year, how much did your business pay for legal expenses, including filing fees and associated costs?
	2 b1		Were those expenses unusually high, unusually low or about normal for a typical year?
	2 c		Have you used a lawyer in the last three years?
	3		Do you have an on-going relationship with a law firm or individual lawyer such that you consider the firm or individual to be “your lawyer"?
	3 a		Is your lawyer a firm or an individual?
	3 b		Have you changed the principal lawyer or law firm that you do business with in the last three years?
	3 b1		What was the most important reason you changed?
	4		Was the general topic of the consultation:?
	5		Who prepared your business’s most recent tax return? Was it an accountant, a lawyer, or someone else?
	6		In the last year, did a lawyer prepare any legal documents, other than a tax return, for your business?
	6 Aa		(document prepared) A contract.
	6 Ba		(document prepared) An incorporation document.
	6 Ca		(document prepared) Will or estate planning document.
	6 Da		(document prepared) Paperwork for an administrative hearing.
	6 Ea		(document prepared) Filed a suit or responded to a suit or potential suit.
	6 Fa		(document prepared) A letter.
	6 Ga		(document prepared) A written consumer credit policy.
	6 Ha		(document prepared) A written employment policy.
	7		In the last three years, have you used a lawyer to assist you in a legal dispute involving your business?
	7 a		About how many different business disputes occurred over the last three years for which you used a lawyer?
	8		How long was it between the time you contacted a lawyer about the matter and its settlement?
	8 a		Was the matter settled in-court, informally out-of-court, or through formal arbitration or mediation of some type?
	8 a1		Did insurance or an insurance company play an important role in the decision to pursue an out-of-court settlement/arbitrated or mediated settlement?
	8 b		What was the general topic of the dispute?
	8 Ac		(other party in dispute) Customer(s).
	8 Bc		(other party in dispute) Supplier(s).
	8 Cc		(other party in dispute) Employee(s).
	8 Dc		(other party in dispute) Government.
	8 Ec		(other party in dispute) Competitor(s).
	8 d		Please estimate the unreimbursed legal expenses for the dispute between the time you first contacted a lawyer about it and its eventual settlement?
	8 e		Was your lawyer paid with an hourly fee, a retainer, a flat fee, or a contingency fee?
	8 f		Aside from legal expenses, did money or something else of monetary value exchange hands between participants as a result of the dispute?
	8 g		How satisfied were you with the dispute’s outcome? Were you:?