Common sense requires that you learn something about the person being considered. It never hurts to know:

• How long the attorney has been in practice?
• How many adoptions has the attorney handled?
• How many of his or her adoptions fail?
• If one does fail, will he or she be able to help you adopt another baby?
• Will you be required to spend thousands of dollars placing advertisements in newspapers, and then have to screen the birth mothers yourself?

These are just a few of the questions you should ask.