Comments on: Attorneys’ fees roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/04/attorneys-fees-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 17 Jul 2016 23:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ron Miller https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/04/attorneys-fees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-209427 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:09:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35720#comment-209427 Shocked’ by $3M legal fee in fatal car-crash case, judge tells lawyers to pay plaintiff lawyer $50K

Now, raise your hand if you read this and assumed the plaintiff’s lawyer had sought a $3 million fee and got 50k instead?

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/04/attorneys-fees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-209277 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:11:21 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35720#comment-209277 The lawyer ordered to pay costs in the British Columbia service-by-fax case is not a novice or marginal lawyer. “Q.C.” stands for “Queen’s Counsel”, an elite status awarded by the Attorney General. It’s surprising that a Q.C. would screw up in such a way.

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