Attorneys

[Jim]

Just received a bill from one I deal with. I was billed $333.33 per hour. No complaints from me. I just do know how they arrive at that odd amount. The law firm could have just rounded it up or down for the fee. ie. $333.00 or $334.00 etc. It's the thirty three cents that get me. I imagine that adds up over multiple accounts.

[DocZeus]

Most probably, if he bills someone for three hours, it's an even Grand.....I'll betcha he bills in 3-hour increments.

DocZeus
AKA
David

[1 old 0311]

He didn't think you would pay $335?

[Jim]

1 old 0311
I would gladly pay $335 per hour. That's on top of a yearly retainer. Otherwise the law firm charges much more per hour.

Doc
You hit the nail on the head. It comes out to the 1k per three hours. However this bill is for many multiples of three. No complaints from me. I imagine all the firms billing is done in three hour increments.

[USAMP]

333 is half of 666?

[Dalan]

The $33.33 was a working lunch. . No tip.

The bill was $300.

[MOONDAWG]

It's that damnable "Metric System".

Next thing you know, Lawyers will be riding in "Black Helicopters"

[banger]

Lawyers are people, except that they seem to shine their shoes a lot less than average people (wearing suits) . . .

My wife and I took pity on a woman who wanted to buy a house we had for sale, house full of little ones, mother and a maiden aunt to take care of, husband under-employed, etc, and we even helped with a sizeable portion of the closing costs, and long story short, 4 months later not a single payment had been made, so we started foreclosure proceedings to get our house back.

We left a deposit with a lawyer who said he specialized in Real Estate Law, and a copuple of weeks later he called me in, and handed back my check for the deposit and said, "I don't want money from anyone like you, someone who would put that poor woman on the street, she sat in that chair behind you and cried, now take your money back and get out of my sight!"

I was dumbfounded, and it took a day or two to get mad about it -- someone else recommended another lawyer, and I went to him and started explaining how the woman was almost 5 payments behind, and he stopped me by saying, "Wait a minute -- I have one question -- is she ONE MINUTE late with a payment, for that's all we need to foreclose ?!"

THAT guy was scary, but he got us our house back, not that it did any good, for it had been trashed and demolished, inside and out, to the point that it had to be torn down.

So much for being Mr. Nice Guy . . .

[19and41]

Lawyers are people, except that they seem to shine their shoes a lot less than average people (wearing suits) . . .

My wife and I took pity on a woman who wanted to buy a house we had for sale, house full of little ones, mother and a maiden aunt to take care of, husband under-employed, etc, and we even helped with a sizeable portion of the closing costs, and long story short, 4 months later not a single payment had been made, so we started foreclosure proceedings to get our house back.

We left a deposit with a lawyer who said he specialized in Real Estate Law, and a copuple of weeks later he called me in, and handed back my check for the deposit and said, "I don't want money from anyone like you, someone who would put that poor woman on the street, she sat in that chair behind you and cried, now take your money back and get out of my sight!"

I was dumbfounded, and it took a day or two to get mad about it -- someone else recommended another lawyer, and I went to him and started explaining how the woman was almost 5 payments behind, and he stopped me by saying, "Wait a minute -- I have one question -- is she ONE MINUTE late with a payment, for that's all we need to foreclose ?!"

THAT guy was scary, but he got us our house back, not that it did any good, for it had been trashed and demolished, inside and out, to the point that it had to be torn down.

So much for being Mr. Nice Guy . . .

The difference between the former lawyer and the latter lawyer in the number of $333.00's they have collected recently.

[Oldgungeezer]

Hi Folks:

A new young Lawyer just passes the Arizona Bar exams and hangs out a shingle in a little one-horse where he's the only attorney (he figures that he's got the market cornered).

A few months pass by and he's had absolutely zero business......A few more months go by and still no clients.

Pretty soon, the guy starts to run out of his parents money (they were paying his rent and supporting him) and he decides to move his practice to the "Big City"........so, he starts shopping for another office location.

A few days into his office shopping, another lawyer moves into the same one-horse town.

Within a month, they're both getting rich.

Best Regards,

Geezer