Re: unconscionable fees?

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I appreciate your opinion and would also appreciate any one else's
who may be reading this thread.

For the record, the setting of fee scales was central to the
original question. Nor was my last question different or "evolved"
from the original one. The original question regards whether it is
acceptable to make it 95% of your business to handle nuisance cases
and charge fees that are USUALLY at or in excess of the recovery,
although those fees might not be unreasonable relative to the time
spent.

Again I appreciate any advice. I'm not however going to put up with
the implication that I want a certain answer or that I am changing
the facts to evoke the answer I want. That is not the case.

On 9/24/06, Curmudgeon wrote:
> I don't tell them what kind of car to buy or where to shop for
> their clothes or groceries. How they spend their money is their
> business. Advertising agencies charge fees for "making a
> statement" for their clients. Television stations charge for
> air time for politicians, even though the guy doesn't have a
> prayer in hell of getting elected. If a client wants to pay
> money to publicly air his opinion or his beef, I'll take his
> money. Keep in mind---I'm answering the question you originally
> posed. I'm not going to get into a debate about the ethics of
> inadequate disclosures or the setting of fee scales and I'm not
> going to discuss an evolving set of hypothetical questions.
>
> On 9/24/06, secretary wrote:
>> Yes, but if they are willing to pay for it, would you represent
>> them, knowing that you were helping them take an unfavorable
> risk?
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/06, Curmudgeon wrote:
>>> If a client wants to "make a statement" or fight something
>>> as a "matter of principle"--I was always comfortable telling
>>> them to do in on their own dime. Not mine. My time and
>>> knowledge are my stock in trade. If you want to buy my
>>> stock, pay for it. Don't expect me to give it to you.
>>>
>>> On 9/24/06, secretary wrote:
>>>> What do you think about a lawyer who settles his cases for
>>> a
>>>> nuisance value (i.e., $1,500 - $5,000.00) approxinately
>>> 95&37;
>>>> of the time, having charged his clients $2,000 to $4,000.00
>>>> to open the case? Is this inherently unethical? Is he
>>>> excused if he specializes in clients who are willing to
>>> take
>>>> an unfavorable legal risk in order to 'make a statement'?