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Here you will find legal info pertaining to issues of practicing attorneys and how some of the selected few have a tendency to play nice with each other and cover for each others misconduct while bilking their clients with unintelligible legal invoices. This site is for cases and situations where lawyering itself, and a lawyer's questionable billing practices may be at stake or thrown "under the light".
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This site is permanently in place so that you, the buyer, will have the opportunity to be made aware of specific facets of common legal issues that have been known to exist in the past and presently exist between clients and their attorneys, as well as other every day legal matters. Lame Lawyer is one of the few sites that all less than scrupulous lawyers and judges would rather you not know about.
Fairness...
NOTICE: Do NOT hire any lawyer without an engagement letter or commit to one verbally before reviewing their history. Also stay away from lawyers that mandate hourly billing practices and high retainer fees. You should always approach your prospective attorney with a fixed fee arrangement proposal as they are mutually beneficial to both lawyer and client. Your attorney will be limited as to how much money they will be able to print with these two elements. Read more.
Complain...
You have the right to complain to a judge or the state bar if you feel that all of the lawyers in your area are banning together against fixed fees or client friendly engagement letters. If this type of activity seems to be taking place, This facility will be happy to assist you in establishing and hosting a complaint web site if you feel that you've been treated unfairly or unethically by any attorney or judiciary. Just remember to always mandate and establish a non-boilerplate Engagement Letter and a Fixed Fee schedule agreement with your new attorney. Also, make no verbal agreements on these matters as credibility may come into question if there is ever a dispute between you and your attorney.
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- Why do I feel disarmed by my attorney?
- Why is my attorney so loud when they speak to me?
- Does my attorney have malpractice insurance?
- What if they refuse my offer for a Fixed Fee arrangement agreement?
- Is my prospective lawyer board certified to practice a specialty?
- Why does my attorney seem so arrogant and pushy?
- Is my attorney effective or just popular?
- What if they refuse to sign an engagement letter?
- Does my attorney have a big "last name" in my community?
- Will my new attorney feel or have empathy for me and my case?
- Did the legal fees that were billed to me lead to anything that I directly benefited from or obtain the results that I desired?
- Why should my attorney be happy if I'm not in the end?
- Why doesn't my attorney seem aggressive and driven regardless of my payment or trade arrangement?
- Why does my attorney seem too busy for me? Am I on the backlog?
- Why am I going to have a tough time getting another attorney to audit my attorneys legal invoices?
- Why does my attorney feel like she is the boss of me after I paid them a huge retainer fee? ($450.00+)
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