Finding the right lawyer can be difficult.  In addition to this website, LawFiles.net, there are a number of other online options.  In the main, these options are limited to a few thousand (or possibly million) online directories and individual webpages.  Passitto.com, a new referral network, provides an interesting alternative for finding a lawyer or any other professional.

Here is the problem that Passitto seeks to remedy: we all know people who are in need of some good or service and we may even know other people who provide that good or service, yet we have little incentive to help these people find each other.  Passitto aims to provide us with this incentive.  Users are able to use Passitto to send this information to other users in exchange for receiving incoming referrals or for money.  Passitto uses an innovative credit-system to ensure at this happens.  Think online auction meets online social networking. 

Let me give you an example.  Assume that you are a real estate agent in California and one of your clients is moving from California to Colorado.  You know that the client needs to find a real estate lawyer in Colorado.  You do not know a real estate lawyer in Colorado, but you want to help your client locate the right professional (assuming that you had an easy way to go about doing this).  You know that given your real estate experience, you are in the best position to be able to judge the expertiese of the real estate attorney. 

You can pass this information to attorneys in Colorado using Passitto.com.  The Passitto.com users who are attorneys in Colorado can then use their Passitto credits to express their level of interest in helping your client, much like an online auction.  You can then select any one (or none) of these attorneys to help your client.  Your reward is the Passitto credits that the person you chose used to express their interest in helping your client.  You can then cash these credits in for money (yes, that’s right, money) or you can use them to express an interest in referrals that you want to receive.  Net net, you help a client and you help yourself. 

Better yet, Passitto.com is free to use.  You can find out more about Passitto at http://www.Passitto.com.