Sentences with phrase «lower than an attorney»

A paralegal's hourly rate is generally far lower than an attorney's rate.

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«The reality is, more often than not, you'll be denied,» said Stephen Dunn, a staff attorney with the New York Legal Assistance Group, which provides free legal services to low - income New Yorkers.

The firm held these earnings by submitting allegedly falsified workers» timesheets to its payroll processing company with lower weekly hours than the amount laborers actually worked, according to the district attorney's office.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The attorneys general for New York and Minnesota are suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off federal funding for health care coverage for more than 800,000 low - income residents in the two states.

«Linda Mangano concedes... that she had a low - show job,» John Carman, her attorney, told Azrack Monday, referring to the more than $ 400,000 she earned while on Singh's payroll.

Tarek said Nassau assistant district attorneys have lower starting salaries — $ 57,000 — than those in every DA's office in the region and that they make significantly less than attorneys in the private sector.

A Westchester County legislator, Kenneth Jenkins, is asking two district attorneys to probe more than $ 200,000 in untraceable donations that upended an election in the lower Hudson Valley.

AG Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office recovered nearly $ 5.7 million in owed pay and damages for more than 3,300 low - wage workers since last Labor Day.

Mr. Gentile showed the graphs to reporters after the event, which illustrated that Mr. Donovan's violent felony conviction rate is just one - tenth of a percent lower than that of the Brooklyn district attorney's office.

LOWER MANHATTAN — A marketing consultant used his connection to the Puerto Rican Day Parade to line his own pockets, scamming more than $ 1 million in donations to fund his trips and personal expenses — while the board stood by and did nothing — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday.

Unless it's «necessary for public safety reasons,» the NYPD will no longer arrest people for certain low - level offenses in Manhattan, including public consumption of alcohol, public urination, littering and riding between subway cars or taking up more than one subway seat — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will no longer prosecute those infractions, his office said today.

With the low - complexity of the OP's situation, a fairly boilerplate will doesn't seem problematic, another good option is to use a boilerplate and have it reviewed by an attorney, cheaper than having them prepare it.

Needless to say this is cheaper than attorneys charging hundreds an hour, and whatever you spend will be recouped in very short order via lower interest rates on credit cards and loans.

The article reports that in reality, about 80 percent of law graduates work at firms with fewer than 100 attorneys and, thus, are making far lower salaries that those in the news.

It is also noteworthy that, in these same categories, apart from the percentage differences in scores, the jurors» numerical ratings for the defense attorneys were significantly lower than those given for similarly situated plaintiff attorneys.

However, even in the categories where jurors come close to rating both sides equally, the plaintiff attorneys are still not rated as low as the defense attorneys when the verdict is not returned in their favor and they are rated significantly higher than the defense attorneys when the verdict is returned in their favor.

While it may be tempting to accept an early offer from an insurance carrier, be aware that these offers most likely will be significantly lower than the compensation that an experienced train and railroad accident attorney can help you secure.

Thanks to new technology and business models now viable because of that technology, a new breed of law firm is emerging that (unlike their predecessors who attracted attorneys by offering jeans, MacBooks, and a more relaxed atmosphere at the cost of lower compensation) can compensate their attorneys on par with and in many cases better than larger firms.

A quick settlement offer is often much lower than one could expect with the assistance of a skilled personal injury attorney from the firm.

Washington State's 2003 Civil Legal Needs survey showed that more than 80 percent of state low or moderate income needed legal services but either could not afford an attorney or did not know where to go for help.

The low - income tenant deserved the same level of zealous legal representation than the rich corporation that I would have represented in the old law firm, so every case we demand a jury trial where the attorneys at Basta at great personal sacrifice and time are willing and do take every case to jury trial if we do not get the results we want in a resolution.

Another way that firms can offer lower costs is through competitive bid programs, where law firms commit to billing rates for each level of attorney that are 5 percent lower than those proposed by the next - highest bidder.

While there is a need for attorneys in rural areas, this is a problem that plagues the entire nation, even in states with lower pass scores than California's.

If a firm can hire a contract attorney with a decade of experience for $ 100 an hour and bill her out at $ 200, then the client gets a far, far better product at a lower cost than if the law firm had used a junior associate.

Regardless, she always ended up with lower scores than the male attorneys who all had a similar style (due to similar training).

Each year, the Walk to the Hill draws attorneys from more than 40 Boston - area law firms in its mission to urge lawmakers to protect state funding for programs that provide civil legal aid to low - income Massachusetts residents.

Attorneys with the Capital Area Immigrant Rights (Cair) Coalition, who met with more than 70 other launched detainees with lowered sentences, say he has one of the greatest cases for prosecutorial discretion as detailed in a 2014 memo by the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

That essentially means that the burden of proof is much lower for the PA personal injury attorney than it would be for the PA DUI attorney.

Rather than take a low - level job, Gabor says that unemployed attorneys should start their own one - person practices.

The final reason to why legal assistants help reduce costs is simple: the hourly rate of a paralegal is significantly lower than that of an attorney.

Not only do paralegals improve law practice, but they are educated and their hourly rates are significantly lower than those of an attorney.

In one recent case, a client with fairly serious injuries did not consult an attorney to find out what their case was worth and asked the insurance company for an amount that was much lower than even their future medical expenses.

He or she has little regard for the well - being of injured victims, and will do everything possible to protect the insurance company — even when that means asking victims to sign documents or statements without having an attorney review them, or trying to convince victims to agree to a settlement much lower in value than they deserve.

Second, LegalBee offers their services at a lower rate than what firms typically charge for their full - time attorneys.

[4] The Legal Needs Study revealed, «low - income people face more than 85 percent of their legal problems without help from an attorney.»

It isn't often that an appellate judge seeks to overturn fact findings by the lower court, and it's even less frequent when the judge supports a higher award of attorney fees than that court issued.

In fact, a recent study from the LSC found that less than one in five of the legal problems experienced by low - income people were addressed by a private or legal aid attorney.

For more than 30 years, Volunteer Legal Services has been safeguarding the rule of law and ensuring that poverty is not a barrier to justice by pairing low - income residents of Travis County facing critical legal issues with pro bono attorneys.

Attorney fees for workers» compensation cases are more tightly regulated, and are typically lower than for regular personal injury matters.

If I can resolve your case without having to go to trial, as the vast majority of personal injury cases are, I will charge a lower fee than the one - third contingency fee most personal injury attorneys charge, regardless of how much work they do on your case.

However, the lower court only awarded attorney 25 % based on certain local San Bernardino County court rules — $ 1.225 million rather than $ 1.96 million under the contingency fee arrangement.

The Women's Bar Foundation recruits, trains, and mentors volunteer attorneys to respond to more than 2,000 calls for assistance from low - income individuals throughout Massachusetts annually.

Salaries of flex - or part - time, temporary attorneys and staff lawyers are traditionally lower than full - time attorneys on a partner track, and the benefits, such as vacation, sick leave and insurance, are often less.

Some of the factors causing women to leave practice included low income, long hours, lack of financial support for maternity leave, difficulty with the Legal Aid system and being treated differently than male peers by judges, Crown Attorneys and court staff.

AG Sessions has urged US Attorneys to focus on violent crimes, and there may well be fewer of these cases to bring and they may take more time to prosecute than lower - level drug and gun and immigration cases.

In Washington, more than three - quarters of low - income residents face civil legal problems without an attorney or other legal assistance, according to a recent judicial task force report.

You hit it right on with court being economically more difficult since the value at hand is likely lower than what an attorney would cost.

Under the opinion, attorneys with a VLO can not make the statement that their fees are less than those of a traditional law firm but can explain how the use of the technology to deliver legal services results in lower overhead for the firm and that this may reduce fees.

Instead, they will need to hire staff attorneys — non-partner track lawyers — at lower compensation than associates.

«Joe Meux has been a volunteer attorney with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid since 1994 and has since served more than 300 low - income clients.