Victim gets $1,000.00 and his gun back. Lawyer gets $5,500.00.
Government of the lawyers, by the lawyers and for the lawyers.
Just another case proving Lincoln was wrong.
3 days in jail would have cost them more than $1,000 if that happened to me.
Oddly enough, this time I disagree. If by all appearances they were going to win, he should have encouraged his attorney to do some “billable hours inflation”, in a discreet agreement to drive up the penalty to the city for their arrogance.
On condition that if the judge doesn’t agree to the inflated penalty, the lawyer wave those billable hours.
While this wouldn’t benefit him directly, if the city had to shell out say $30k or $50k, it would motivate them to really lean on the police to not abuse the 2nd amendment any more.
I agree. This is more a story of the greed of the lawyer than the situation. It sounds like the gun owner just wanted his gun back, and the lawyer billed all that he could to up the outcome....for himself.
Lawyer also remains interested in defending gun owners! When you fight City Hall, you need a good gun-slinger!
How many hours do you think the lawyer put in and what rate did he charge for the work.
Lawyers should work for minimum wage, since they really have no investment in becoming one, right? Anybody could become a lawyer and do this.
Can't get myself all excited about this pay "inequality". The lawyer provided a service and won a case for the individual and for the 2nd Amendment (and a few other Amendments).