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December 28, 2010

Tech Feedback with Blog Readers

...exchanging the best available forms/templates for “document assembly” and feel the Program Pathagoras is the easiest to use for me, and the one with the best potential. So far, the response from my colleagues is minimal, but I am trying to give away my forms as quickly as I complete them, so they/you can purchase Pathagoras and have a valuable library from the beginning. I was headed in the right direction, but failed to realize my staff was coll...

January 22, 2016

An Article to Bookmark: Until Your World Comes Crashing Down

...ing any of several of the best firms in the state to associate. The shared fee is often no more than the original agreed fee, and if it is larger, we had better have a reason. If we have trouble reaching a negotiated agreement, I will sometimes suggest pre-litigation mediation to the adjustor. That give the adjustor some cover while keeping costs down. I have received over $1 million in such pre-litigation settlement meetings. If we have no choice...

December 24, 2012

Many Ways to Meet Your Lawyer – Personal Injury – Divorce – Civil Suits

...15. I still prefer to quote a retainer designed to cover most or all of my fees. Clients who can do that get a “double discount” and are less likely to have billing and payment issues. I usually have a non refundable component, a “consultation fee” of perhaps $1000. That non refundable component gets the client the most experienced lawyer in the area, and a buffer of say $500 of free services if the services exceed the retainer, AND a discount of...

March 1, 2018

Gun Violence in America: A Small Town Lawyer’s Thoughts

...pirical thinking, and the rejection of intuition. They insist that if they FEEL strongly enough about something, we should concede its validity. People who believe in “Natural Law” reasonably ask, “Where is the concept of right and wrong in science.” I struggle with that question, and I have accepted what former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. called “can’t helps”. These are core values of empathy, honesty, non-violence, compassio...

December 21, 2012

Where to Find Words of Wisdom – Or “Which Button Do I Push?”

...ring lawyer, the receiving lawyer will often share 1/3 or 1/4 of the total fee with the referring lawyer. You do the math. If the contingency fee is 40%, as it is in the high risk cases, the referring lawyer receives 10%-14% of the final judgment or settlement. The receiving lawyer gets the rest, and assumes all or most of the costs and takes responsibility as lead counsel. What does the client get? With the help of the referring lawyer, he gets t...

December 7, 2012

Thoughts on the Effective Use of E-mail and Its Ilk.

...st needs to know what going on. My billing clerk certainly needs to have a feel as to why a case is building up fees, especially fit the retainer is being depleted. And sometime I feel the flow of the office helps if we all know the client and his/her trials and tribulations. My e-mails tend to be too long, BUT I keep paragraphs short; I number them; I cover what I need to; I suggest practical solutions, and I keep everyone informed as to where I...

August 23, 2016

Future of the Law 2016

...ere are two of my ideas for “unbundling” and packaging services for a flat fee: “When You Can’t or Won’t Hire a Lawyer? A $500 Option”: https://hunterlawfirm.net/when-you-cant-or-wont-hire-a-lawyer-a-possible-option/ “Your Legal Checkup and Review – $500” : https://hunterlawfirm.net/free-power-of-attorney-annual-legal-checkup/ . “Court Annexed Dispute Resolution”: The most obvious component is mediation. I was surprised that “the learned study” of...

April 11, 2017

30 SIMPLE FACTS ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM

..., I don’t think 1/3 is fair in routine cases where suit isn’t filed. A 25% fee is fine if I have to visit and photograph the scene, hire a reconstructionist, or make the case for fault. But if the carrier spares me that effort, 20% is ok for clear fault cases. That’s my opinion, and it works. Some contingent fee cases justify 36% to 40%. Think major products liability, such as an exploding tire, medical malpractice, with its huge litigation costs,...

January 23, 2015

Digging Down – On Organizing and Preparing Your Case

...dors who sold me on this method are entitled to be credited, even though I feel they have abandoned me. It is a “tough buy” for a sole practitioner with two paralegals. 4. CaseSoft products cost thousands of dollars instead of the hundreds of a few years ago. I wish I could say that it is affordable for a small firm. I cannot. It is as if HotDocs bought Pathagoras. Now that’s a scary thought! 5. If you purchase just a basic package, it won’t inclu...

December 6, 2012

The Proper Care and Feeding of Mediators

...Practice tip; lawyers, protect and pay your mediator; don’t forget to pay your up front deposit. She or he needs to make a living too! If word gets out that you are slow to pay and hard to collect from, your pool of available, competent, mediators will shrink....