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Summer law clerk discovers improper billing

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

July 25, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver For a law student driven to succeed, summer is no time to kick back. Instead, you want a job as law clerk which, for most is a real eye opener. Working with lawyers, meeting clients — and discovering the enormous time demands — quickly...

Not all attorney consultations are free

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

April 18, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver “I was unfairly fired from my job and had an initial consultation scheduled with an attorney to explore a wrongful termination lawsuit. Maggie, the secretary, took down all my personal information and said they do not provide free...

Client’s rights when lawyer has a conflict of interest

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, conflict of interest, lawyers

January 10, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver In America’s small towns both lawyers and clients face two challenging realities: Lawyers who know and must be able to work with each other; The fact that almost everyone knows each other or are related in some way. Often an...

Sense of humor needed when reading lawyer’s bill

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

March 29, 2014   •  By Dennis Beaver While one of the pre-requisites for becoming a lawyer isn’t having a good sense of humor, if you ask Aaron Shechet and his wife, Leigh Chandler, these Los Angeles based attorneys will tell you that it should be. “Especially,” as...

The attorney fees I charge you are non-refundable (The Tooth Fairy told me it’s legal)

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

March 15, 2014   •  By Dennis Beaver “There probably isn’t a lawyer who hasn’t heard the famous Greed is Good speech recited by actor Michael Douglas, playing corporate raider Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street,” observes Los Angeles-based attorney...

What do lawyers need from their clients?

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

December 28, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver When you hire an attorney, it’s normal to expect that your case will be competently handled and that you will be fairly billed for the lawyer’s time. Last week, we began a look at being billed, in our Hanford reader’s words, “$150...
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