by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 01/09/2017 at 22:26
by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 01/09/2017 at 22:26
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STARS: 15
I saved a family farm today. My piece of California law is a game of legalized extortion. My client is a lovely Dutch dairy family, and the guy on the other side wanted $800,000 from them. Their prior attorneys (A big, fancy-pants national firm) charged them $55000 in fees and told them to be prepared to settle for $400,000. That was just before Christmas, and they called me to see what I thought.
I may just be a small-time lawyer in Fresno, but dairy is what I do and no one knies better than me how to defend these cases. I took over the case and got my people on the ground to talk to witnesses the big boys had missed, and asked questions they had not thought to ask.
I settled it for $60000 today, and the dairyman insisted on shaking my hand twice before we left. What I do is often frustrating and discouraging, but days like today are sweet. It feels good when I can help someone in a real way. I’m treating myself with a beer and a nice dinner to celebrate.
I am ashamed of my profession that my big firm brethren charged so much for so little. My bill will be about $10k, maybe a little less. Lawyers deserve how the public sees us. One of my clients once told me I was the cheapest lawyer he uses, and I liked that. It is stupidly easy to be profitable in a law firm if you have enough work, so there is no need to be greedy.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/09/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 1
You’re just a country hyper chicken, aren’t you
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
01/09/2017 at 22:36, STARS: 0
Time to go to law school!
"E90M3" (e90m3)
01/09/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 2
Time to reward yourself with another sunchaser , cause if one is good, two is better!
"Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)" (NKlein)
01/09/2017 at 22:59, STARS: 1
I looked at going to law school back when I was having some career remorse during my first job. That was until my friend/mentor said 99% of lawyers give the other 1% a bad name.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/09/2017 at 23:19, STARS: 0
Good work! And good on ya for charging a fair price.
"XJDano" (xjdano)
01/09/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 0
Did they give you some fresh milk??
"NotUnlessRoundIsFunny" (notunlessroundisfunny)
01/10/2017 at 01:54, STARS: 0
Such a good ending. Kudos to you!
"Svend" (svend)
01/10/2017 at 02:18, STARS: 0
Well done fella.
Ye’, lawyers get a bad rep as do car sales people and estate/real estate agents and by all account U.S. police.
You only need one to do something wrong or perceived as wrong and they all get tarred together.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/10/2017 at 13:53, STARS: 0
Nice before and after photos.
(dairy vs beef, I know...)
Nice going. Keep up the good work.
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
01/10/2017 at 14:44, STARS: 0
Don’t!
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
01/10/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 1
I’ve seen it from both sides — big firm lawyers charging way too much versus small firm/solos not knowing what the hell they were doing and running up a large bill. The bottom line that I always tell clients is that you need to hire a lawyer, not a law firm. And not one that has a big ad in the yellow pages/on a billboard/from tv ads.
Congrats on the success story!
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
01/10/2017 at 14:55, STARS: 0
Congratulations. Sounds like a solid win and a good place to be in your career.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
01/10/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
But steak and mashed taters