Some days it just works

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 01/09/2017 at 22:26 • Filed to: None

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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 > ImmoralMinority 01/09/2017 at 22:31

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You’re just a country hyper chicken, aren’t you

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > ImmoralMinority 01/09/2017 at 22:36

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Time to go to law school!

E90M3 > ImmoralMinority 01/09/2017 at 22:37

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Time to reward yourself with another sunchaser , cause if one is good, two is better!

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > ImmoralMinority 01/09/2017 at 22:59

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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 > ImmoralMinority 01/09/2017 at 23:19

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Good work! And good on ya for charging a fair price.

XJDano > ImmoralMinority 01/09/2017 at 23:24

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Did they give you some fresh milk??

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > ImmoralMinority 01/10/2017 at 01:54

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Such a good ending. Kudos to you!

Svend > ImmoralMinority 01/10/2017 at 02:18

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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 > ImmoralMinority 01/10/2017 at 13:53

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Nice before and after photos.

(dairy vs beef, I know...)

Nice going. Keep up the good work.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 01/10/2017 at 14:44

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Don’t!

haveacarortwoorthree2 > ImmoralMinority 01/10/2017 at 14:47

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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 > ImmoralMinority 01/10/2017 at 14:55

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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 > haveacarortwoorthree2 01/10/2017 at 15:08

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But steak and mashed taters