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- From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Need help in resolving lawyer's bill dispute!
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 03:04:10 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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- References: <Jan.22.14.06.42.1993.14836@gandalf.rutgers.edu> <1jpqhoINNit@mojo.eng.umd.edu>
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- georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:
- >>I called him and discussed the bill. He got very upset. Gave me all kind
- >>of BS about how reasonable his rates were and how much other lawyers would
- >>have charged.
- >
- >What did you do to make the lawyer upset? His rates are reasonable. He
- >wasn't giving you BS.
-
- Now wait a minute. The lawyer estimated it would cost ~$60. His bill is
- for *FIVE* times that. This sounds like BS to me, unless the lawyer is
- willing to explain *WHY* his estimate was so far off.
-
- The lawyer told the guy it would take about 1/2 hr to review the
- contract. This indicates that the lawyer thinks he knows the law
- in this area. Yet his bill includes research time -- probably quite a bit
- (that looked like the only thing that could have really inflated the bill).
- Why did he need to do a lot of research to review a routine contract in an
- area he implies that he is familiar with?
-
- --Tim Smith
-