Re: Shameful! in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15820170 en Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:32:06 EDT Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:32:06 EDT Re: Shameful! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15822673 eco : $20 million? That's nothing. The class action tabacco lawyer got over $1 billion.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15822673 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:16:57 EDT Re: Shameful! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15820170 rpeAMP :
said by R4M0N See Profile :

I came into this thread ready to rip attorneys a new one, then I read your post. You make a valid point.
Well hey I appreciate it. I would never say that my simple experience is how ALL attorneys operate, but it's just like everything else...it's hard for all of us not to generalize sometimes!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15820170 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:01:13 EDT Re: Shameful! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15820147 R4M0N : I came into this thread ready to rip attorneys a new one, then I read your post. You make a valid point.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15820147 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:58:39 EDT Re: Shameful! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15819744 Deathsadvoca : $1.4 million isnt a lot of money for an attorney fee. Attorneys that work on class action law suits some times get up to $20 million.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15819744 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:08:16 EDT Re: Shameful! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15819371 rpeAMP :
said by EasyDoesIt See Profile :

$1.4M for the attorney, $49 for the clients. Unless the attorney(s) worked full time on the case for literally years and years, they haven't earned such ridicilous sums of money. The system is broken badly.
I used to think the same way until I worked for an attorney for a summer as an intern. Granted, he was a defense attorney, so he wasn't out to get anyone necessarily, but the man worked countless hours.

If he ever made a fee that large a good portion of it (over half) went to administrative fees such as filing fees, travel expenses, experts, testimonies, payroll for other employees, the list goes on and on. That was just for one case, and he may have dozens currently open.

I'm not saying he didn't make a good salary, he did; however, he worked incredibly long hours, day and night.

I'm sure this isn't the case for all attorneys, and some make incredible margins on the amount of work they do, but I just wanted to offer some contrast to the anti-attorney sentiment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15819371 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:13:51 EDT Shameful! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15819302 EasyDoesIt : $1.4M for the attorney, $49 for the clients. Unless the attorney(s) worked full time on the case for literally years and years, they haven't earned such ridicilous sums of money. The system is broken badly.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15819302 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:02:43 EDT