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So we had no choice but to get a lawyer, and this was something we were not happy about, always hearing such bad things about lawyers
However, four years later, and much agony in the process, the lawyer got the insurance company to pay up 95% of their insured drivers liability ceiling dollar amount..of course we did not get that 95% but had to pay the lawyer his 1/3 contingency, which in this case was only fair
I dont blame the lawyer at all, he did the work, he fought with the insurance company, he deserved the money...
The one I am angry at is the insurance company...they were rude to my husband, condescending as could be, and really just plain nasty...I am baffled that they refused to pay the claim, right in the beginning, and made us go through a lot, and certainly they wasted a lot of time and money fighting this case, which they wound up losing to the max...
When this suit was finally settled, I asked the lawyer why didnt the insurance company do the right thing in the first place and just pay the claim...the lawyer said that in all his 30+ years of being a lawyer, he seldom has seen an insurance company do the right thing...
Of course, that keeps him in business, no doubt...All I know is, in this case the lawyer did his job, won our case, kept us informed at all times of what was going on, and as far as I know never cheated us...some may quibble about his fee of 1/3 of the award, but hey, thats the standard going rate...
I trust lawyers now, more than I would trust an insurance company...
LOL !!!!!!!!!
One of the largest law firms I sued was forced to retain some of the best criminal defense attorneys and law firms (also most expensive)in the U.S. to defend their firm against the alleged racketeering charges brought by a pro se (self representation)litigant who had no legal or financial resources.
LOL !!!!!!!
Meanwhile, it was lawyers who founded this country, and I see many today who are fighting for your freedoms (often with little or no compensation) in ways that should make any freeper proud.
Those who openly hate people who have success and knowledge are saying more about themselves than those they hate.
Granted, most lawyers, like most of any group of workers, aren't particularly good at what they do, and might hold views that we find repugnant.
I have no "olympic-sized heated sminning pool" and never will have one. I have no BMW, and never will have one.
I practice constitutional law. It is no way to get wealthy. For my 16 briefs in the Supreme Court I have been paid, on average, about $800. I know civil layers who charge that much for an uncontested divorce. I know criminal lawyers who get paid five times that much to defend a serious driving-while-intoxicated case.
There is honor in defending the Constitution in the highest court in the land. That's why a handful of lawyers specialize in such work, despite the low pay. But, trust me, no one has greater disrespect for the rank and file of the legal profession (and for many of its leaders) than we do.
When you think about the many lawyers who are rip-off artists, don't lump all of us in the same pile. We aren't all like that.
I recall a column years ago by Russell Baker about the invasion of Japanese cars in our markets. He noted the fact that they have far less lawyers than we do. He described lawyers as the "sand in the gears of the American economy."
His solution was that we send Japan a lawyer for every 100 cars they send us. Eventually, their economy would be gummed up and ours would be running better, so our cars would compete effectively with theirs. Not a bad suggestion, but I'm sure the World Trade Organization would charge us with "illegal trade practices" or possibly "dumping toxic wastes without a permit" if we tried to implement the idea.
Congressman Billybob