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Again, and one more time, never get an attorney for stupid stuff like
that.

Do it yourself!

Chris Lewis wrote:
According to trbo20 :

This isn't really on topic, but it reminded me of something that
happened a few months ago.


My wife had a lawyer for her business and was once charged an
extraneous fee that she thought she shouldn't have to pay. She
called to discuss it and after a 10-minute conversation, they
begrudgingly agreed to remove it.


The next bill from the lawyer included a $50 charge for the 10-minute
"consultation".


She now has a new lawyer.


Many years ago, we had the old family lawyer draw up wills.
The names of the people mentioned in the wills had slightly odd
spellings, so we came prepared with the names typed out correctly,
and included them with the will wording we had approved in
consultation with the lawyer.

When the will came back for signature, the names were spelled
wrong. Wha? Sigh. We sent the draft back with the corrections.

They then sent us a bill for $300 for the redraft - which would
have almost doubled the total fee.

To which we sent back a polite letter saying that we had taken
extraordinary care to ensure that they had the correct spellings
from the very beginning, and as such, the mistakes were their fault,
not ours, and simply ended the whole process at that point.

Got a new lawyer, and things went fine.

[The original lawyer had just switched from private practise to
a multi-lawyer firm, and staff has an incentive to bill for every
picky thing.]
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Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
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