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October 26, 2014

America’s Love Hate Relationship With The Poor.

.... “Poor” is a relative term, since my solution requires the non-contingent fee client to ante up $500-$1000. WV Legal Aid is struggling, so the poor of WV go largely unrepresented. Even a dual income working couple may have to play “Family Court Russian Roulette” by representing themselves. The WV State Bar is trying to help them with a new web service to encourage WV lawyers to provide “pro bono”, free, services, but I see no way our profession c...

April 21, 2012

Getting Feedback

...too) because every day has a moment, or ten, where I feel pretty dumb. The feedback I got this week made me feel really good. Here it is: Yes; some day I am going to get some feedback that singes the hair off my head, but today I am feeling “all warm and fuzzy”. It was a “challenging week” that ended on a very good note, saving me LOTS of risk, anguish, and “up front money”. It was also stressful, but during that week, these three e-mails arrived...

July 19, 2012

Two Tips : Time Billing and Resources

...and documenting his/her time, even in personal injury or other contingent fee cases, is cheating himself out of income, failing to protect himself over billing questions/complaints, and failing to protect himself for malpractice claims. And, when the fees are reversed, such as an insurance bad faith claim, having proof of what you did is essential. And the “colleage articles” have been culled from hundreds of articles and dozens of publications,...

September 27, 2017

Tying Together “Unbundling” of Legal Services

...u in a serious injury case. But what about the case that isn’t “contingent fee”? As my cousin’s sons who write of their days escorting rafters through Class 4-5 whitewater, I see myself as a guide through the chaos. But, what do you do if you plan to use your own kayak! And what do you do if you think you cannot afford a guide, or you bravely think you don’t need a guide? Or you might use a guide, but you want plenty of information first! That is...

January 18, 2011

What Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Do Anyway?

...nt we ask the client to read and sign. Clear fault “limits” cases can have contingent fees as low as 10%, but typically the percentage is 20% if settled before suit and liability is not contested, 25% if liability is disputed but settled before suit is filed, and 33 1/3% if suit has to be filed. Most medical malpractice cases are 40%, and other complex cases, such as industrial accidents, can be 35% – 40%. FIFTH, the claims adjustor must be notifi...

March 8, 2013

What If I Hire a Divorce Lawyer

...xperience, by number and seriousness of the pending issues. 6. $1050 of my fee is a consultation fee/retainer with a built in discount for all but the simplest cases. As an example, let’s pick the middle rate of $2850. I usually agree that no further fee will be charged unless we go over, in combined services and costs, $3350. After that, I usually agree to discount my hourly rate by 25%, or at least $50 per hour. 7. That “double discount”, the $5...

September 15, 2010

Comparative Fault in WV

...s without suit. A lawyer who is quick to file suit, who doesn’t communicate with the adjustor, or who does not consider using pre-litigation mediation, MAY be looking at that 1/3 contingent fee instead of 1/4, 1/5 or 1/10. More likely, he/she just isn’t innovative. Call or write for answers to your questions....

June 9, 2010

What? Sue my employer? (Deliberate Intent)

...s part of a fair compromise settlement. In a case where the employer knowingly failed to provide a safe workplace, where injury was foreseeable and inevitable, a claim exists. For a serious injury, the recovery can be substantial. Attorneys take deliberate intent workplace injuries on a contingent fee basis (a percentage of the recovery). We off course, are interested in handling deliberate intent cases or associating with a firm that has this typ...

April 3, 2014

Table of Contents

...Law, Mediation, Collegiality Intro: Access to Justice, Unbundled Services, Contingent Fees, Family Law, Mediation, Collegiality: https://youtu.be/q1tVK9xPWRw Got five minutes? In this introductory video, … 2020/04/21 2020-04-21 16:43:31 An Example of an Unbundled Legal Service: Allocation of Parental Rights, AKA “Paternity Suit” An Example of an Unbundled Legal Service: Allocation of Parental Rights, AKA “Paternity Suit”: https://youtu.be/1ig2nxa3...

September 13, 2011

No Lawyer? Or Just Any Lawyer?

...e, identify parties, and begin to build the claim professionally. Now, the contingent percentage will be higher, documentation will have to be compiled for the last two years, and the job will, simply, be harder. B. SECOND MISTAKE: DELAYING GETTING A LAWYER OR HAVING THE WRONG LAWYER: 1. Former wife signs agreement and transfers custody of child to her former husband. She keeps their little boy. He accepts their girl. 2. Each make about the same m...