You can offer to barter with the attorney, there are some networking opportunities for both of you. What i did was sit down, I didn't exactly write a contract..instead I made a "list" of things I wanted in my contract, list of responsibilities of both my company and the provider and then I made notes of all the other things I could think of that would go wrong that I wanted addressed in my contract. Alice and Michelle's book on how to write a kick butt contract is WONDERFUL.. it really is, even with over 25 years in this business I found myself finding things I could add or modify in my contract. Once I had what I wanted I went to my attorney and he took all of my notes/lists and composed a contract. Mind you, before that I had seen some sample contracts floating around on the internet and even took one with me to him. Those samples you can find are maybe 3 pages tops..well i walked out with a 9 page contract and now years later it's 14 pages, so that should tell you something important. The attorney of course followed my guidelines but also added in contractual items dealing with state and federal laws that i couldn't have even imagined existed. I actually SHUDDER every time I hear someone ask for a "copy" or "sample" contract. Later on I went back to school to get enough credits to become a paralegal and contract law then became my specialty because I found it so intriguing. There really is so much more to a contract that you can't even imagine.