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When going to a hospital here in north central Ohio for surgery or other treatment, you might experience a flurry of thoughts and emotions. You might have all kinds of hopes regarding how your treatment will go. You also may have some worries. This could include...
An estate plan is the optimal way to protect your family's financial security in the long term. It creates a map for handling your estate and distributing assets after you've passed. There are many ways to set up your will and testament to plan ahead. To make sure...
As this series comes to a close, several general observations need to be made at this time:1. Since lawyers typically base their fee on the amount of time spent on a case, the charge to a client can be increased or reduced in a number of ways. For example, if the...
This is a very typical question we encounter in our Ohio practice. Generally, once a separation agreement is incorporated into a dissolution or divorce decree, it loses its character as a contract between the parties and is elevated to the status of a court order....
This is the first in a four part series where we will discuss attorney fees. Today's post explains how we arrive at our hourly rate. The next will cover figuring lawyers' net income, charging a set fee or contingent fee, paying a retainer, paying the lawyer's bill and...
CHARGING A SET FEEThere are some instances in which lawyers charge a set fee for a service rendered. These might include a simple will, a land contract, or a mortgage and promissory note.CHARGING A CONTINGENT FEEThere are other instances in which a lawyer might...
FIGURING LAWYERS' NET INCOMEThe practice of charging for the lawyer's time on an hourly basis is a method of charging for the office's total work product. It includes the great majority of the work of the support staff, use of the facility, and implementation of the...
Generally, the answer to this question is YES. Real estate closings typically can involve some of the largest dollar transactions in a person's life yet, it seems that many people avoid using lawyers in such transactions, and appear to be much more prone to use the...
A Summons is a notice from a Court that you have been sued, and that you have a limited period of time to file an appropriate legal response to the law suit papers. All too many times, I have seen situations where people have ignored Summonses and then several months...
Well, I have to be careful answering this one. Pretty much everything we do is confidential, so I am going to change a few of the minor inconsequential facts, and certainly will mention no names, but here goes: 1. Once I was questioning a witness who was not...