LEGAL RESOURCES

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Below are some helpful resources provided by The Global Legal Group in order to provide more information and insight to the community at large concerning legal support services:

Helpful Hints

• Judges are not chosen or elected because of their capabilities or intelligence.
• The judges’ clerks do much of the judges’ work.
• There are good lawyers and bad lawyers.
• Good lawyers can go bad and bad lawyers can get worse.
• Legal bills can be very complicated and difficult to understand.
• There are alternatives to litigation
• There are many options during litigation that need to have good decisions.
• Big firms do not necessarily have the best lawyers.
• Lawyers make mistakes. There is usually not a way to discover and correct there mistakes.
• Intimidation is always an option.
• Change can be good.
• Legal teams need to be the best they can be.
• Legal teams need leadership, direction and focus.
• Hi priced lawyers are not always the best.
• Creativity is required to win tough and complex cases.
• Juries are only as good as the people on your side.
• Litigation strategy is extremely important to the outcome of the case.
• Most lawyers have never been deposed.
• Lawyers usually have many clients and cases going at one time, it is difficult for them to stay focused on one case.

Understanding Legal Fees

Lets face it, lawyers fees are a serious concern for everyone. Most people are somewhat intimidated by lawyers and therefore afraid to question their fee structures and billing practices.

Below are descriptions of the most common billing methods used today.

Hourly: This means you pay for the actual time the lawyer spends on your case. Lawyers usually require a deposit (called a retainer). When that retainer is depleted they may ask for more money to keep as a deposit.

Fixed: This billing method is used in many transactional activities. You pay a fixed fee for a set service.

Contingency: This is where the lawyer takes a portion of what you win, either by judgment or settlement, as his fee. Should you not recover usually you are not obligated to pay lawyers fees. Note "costs" are sometimes separate from legal fees and are often still charged the client whether there is a recovery or not.

Costs: While not really legal fees in the strictest sense, these are often charged to a lawyers client so we will explain it. Costs are expenses the lawyer pays out of his pocket to pursue your case. Filing fees, copying, postage, courier fees, telephone and fax charges are examples of costs. While the list of possible legal expenses does not look to expensive, they can add up very quickly.

Note, there are numerous combinations of the above possible and being creative can definitely be helpful in getting the most bang for your buck.

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