[Timeout]

When pubbies start on Edwards as a "trial lawyer", we can assume the donkeys will come back with sob stories about his clients' misfortunes.

Question: Are atty's fees part of the public record? If he says he "won" $30 million for the plaintiff, did he get $10 million of it? That's info the pubbies should have on hand.

[mountaineer]

Edwards would have gotten at least $10 million of a $30 million award. The contingency fee contract usually runs from 33 to 40 percent plus expenses, everything from photocopying to expert witness fees, so the bottom line is that the poor injured client may be considered very lucky if even 50 percent of the total is left after the various lawyer-vultures are through. This is why I spent only 14 months of my legal career with a personal injury firm, and feel like I still should be doing penance, nearly 10 years after leaving the practice of law. It's not an area of practice for the morally intact.