Tag Archives: Finding a lawyer

You think your lawyer is bad?

This raucous Daily News article, entitled FEE-ASCO! in the print edition, is replete with all sorts of entertaining pedagogic moments: A Manhattan lawyer’s bid to collect $6,000 more in frivolous fees from his former clients backfired in a big way … Continue reading

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Finding a lawyer: lawyers who do pro bono work

I’ve written about the miserable situation people without money find themselves in, when the need a lawyer for a civil, not criminal, problem arises in their lives, as it does in so many lives. If 30 million new, civil lawsuits … Continue reading

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Finding a lawyer: Law school clinics

Here’s another (sort of) secret way to find a lawyer when you have a civil case — not a criminal one — but no money. For many years, I’ve known that law schools often have law clinics which function as … Continue reading

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