Sentences with phrase «never hire a lawyer»

My dad always said, never hire a lawyer because then you don't have one problem, you have two problems.

Everyday clients, on the other hand, will often require more education and hand - holding if they've never hired a lawyer.

While many self - represented litigants may never hire a lawyer, others may feel the need to do so.

So, that's what I want them to see, Sam, is the fact that I've never hired a lawyer for my business, ever.

In fact, the majority of Rocket Lawyer users have never hired a lawyer before.

Never hire a lawyer who is «recommended» by someone calling you after your accident, a chiropractor, another lawyer, etc..

Not exact matches

Take - away: In a business partnership, formalize the process and paperwork, and hire a lawyer who can spot problems you never dreamed would arise — just in case things get personal.

Unless Silver was imprudent enough to make a quid pro quo explicit, said Manhattan criminal lawyer Peter Quijano, the defense will use cross-examination to suggest he never actually tied hiring his law firms to legislative stances.

The D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee has issued an opinion finding that a lawyer owes a duty to maintain the confidences of someone who never hired him and never spoke to him.

Around a year ago, when I still had some of my savings from BigLaw, I scoffed at the idea of working as a contract lawyer project for a number of reasons: (1) It didn't pay much, ranging from $ 29 - 40 an hour (which is exactly why it makes sense for firms to do more outsourcing than hiring; (2) it was a full 40 - hour workweek (which I never want to go back to); and (3) it is mind - numbingly boring.

«A lot of my clients are farmers and owners / operators of businesses in Windsor and would never in their life hire a lawyer at $ 750 an hour or any hourly rate like that and don't see why they should be obligated to pay those kinds of fees just because they're in a bit of a financial bind.»

For example, in some cases, lawyers never spoke to their clients or failed to hire experts, read documents or interview their own witnesses.

Let's face it, these projects hire attorneys to review documents, but you almost never do any actual «lawyering» while you are working.

Most injury claimants have never hired a car accident lawyer and are intimidated at the idea of hiring a lawyer.

Todd Smith: Yeah, one of the things that's a bit challenging given what I do I'm working with lawyers from all over the State and all kinds of practice arenas and I have — I couldn't tell you how many clients, they have hired me over the years and I have never met them face to face.

In smaller cases, the collateral source rule also helps victims because, when hiring a lawyer, they can almost never be made whole.

These are states where it is every bit possible that some people have never even met a lawyer, let alone hired one.

After 85K spent on lawyers to settle a divorce, I can honestly say that I hope I never need to hire one ever again... because a lawyer's interest in situation is not necessarily the same as a client's interest.

Most have never needed to hire a lawyer for anything, and don't understand the importance of getting the right firm to handle the case.

Even if you've never before hired a lawyer, you'll discover that common sense can help you decide whether a lawyer is right for your case.

I genuinely hope that you never need to hire a personal injury lawyer.

I would, however, hire a lawyer in that situation if he convinced me he had enough trial skills (along with impressing me in a lot of other important respects — see number 1 above) even if he'd never defended a murder charge.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

Because most of those sites are never found by the people looking to hire a lawyer.

We understand that most of our clients never expected to have to hire a lawyer — much less a divorce and family law firm.

It's never too early to hire a criminal defense lawyer during police questioning — even if you haven't yet been arrested.

However, accident injuries happen so rarely most people have never had to hire a personal injury lawyer.

Back in the day when I was an in - house lawyer and regularly hiring outside counsel, my response to a low - hourly - rate quote was never, «Wow!

If you have never had the pleasure of hiring a lawyer before, you might find yourself a little intimidated.

Hiring litigation lawyers in Springfield MO is never inexpensive, but Masterson Law will work with you to find a litigation plan that works within your budget.

You never have to risk your own money to hire a car accident lawyer, as they only collect a fee if they actually win your case.

Dirt Lip was a juvenile, so he never found his way into my courtroom; Older Friend hired a real lawyer, and Letty came to me.

I think I need help, but I've never hired a personal injury lawyer before.

For example, if the lawyer you are trying to hire never returns your phone call, that lawyer probably isn't the one for you.

Our lawyers provide absolutely free confidential consultations, and if we are fortunate enough for you to hire us, we never will charge you any fees or costs unless you first recover.

Gyi Tsakalakis was once told that people would never use the internet to hire lawyers.

Remember, unbundled services represent a whole new market of clients who never had the means or desire to hire lawyers to begin with — so a virtual practice opens doors to new opportunities.

If you've never filed a personal injury insurance claim before and are unsure of the process, hiring a personal injury lawyer to assist you is extremely wise.

You never think a Kelowna ICBC personal injury car accident will happen to you but if it does it pays to hire one of our aggressive ICBC car crash injury claim lawyers immediately.

Hiring a lawyer alone is intimidating; how can you determine a good lawyer from a bad one if you've never had to hire one before?

You certainly NEVER want to hire a lawyer in a risky personal injury case on an hourly fee basis.

Despite this, the parties must hire lawyers, experts, do examinations, prepare reports, and more, all to be presented to the judge (who never actually gets to see a witness in person).

You never pay for any legal services with Priori until you've decided that you want to hire the lawyer.

While hiring a lawyer or doctor certainly isn't free, working with an insurance agency will never cost you any money.

My best advice to you right now is never to go to court without having hired a traffic violation lawyer.

Except in most cases, such as when he hires a lawyer he's never met without vetting him for the most important job in Trump's life.

They are not in fact «neutrals» (even if hired as such, once their reports are rendered, they are advocates for one or the other side, and they are never neutral when they are hired as a consultant - turned - testifying expert for one of the lawyers).

All in all, while hiring a mediator and a lawyer might not be what you ever wanted to do, chances are that getting divorced is something you never thought you would do either.