Comments on: When lawyers fight http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-lawyers-fight Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TC http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-14654 TC Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:28:21 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/#comment-14654 Don't ya just love BAR fights? I do, well, as long as I'm not involved with them. HAR HAR!! Don’t ya just love BAR fights?

I do, well, as long as I’m not involved with them. HAR HAR!!

]]> By: Tony Zirkle http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-14653 Tony Zirkle Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:40:58 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/#comment-14653 Many PI firms break up after a big settlement or judgment award. Tony Zirkle www.IndianapolisCriminalDefense.com www.Divorce-Indiana.com www.Indianapolis-Criminal-Family-Injury-Lawyers-Attorney-TonyZirkle.com Many PI firms break up after a big settlement or judgment award.

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]]> By: Richard Nieporent http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-14652 Richard Nieporent Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:30:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/08/when-lawyers-fight/#comment-14652 One thing that jumped out at me from reading the article, besides the obvious fact that high price lawyers can act like children, is that: <i>Coghlan, principal in Houston's Coghlan & Associates, says he and Bennett had a verbal agreement that Bennett would pay Coghlan a percentage of the attorney fees for his work on the Mrs. Baird's litigation, a class action involving numerous plaintiffs and attorneys.</i> Why would a lawyer take on work based on a verbal agreement? Wouldn’t a signed contract make more sense to prevent just such a dispute from happening? How much work would it have entailed to have his law clerk write up a contract? You would think a lawyer would know better that that. Maybe next time he should consult a lawyer before he agrees to do work without a written contract! One thing that jumped out at me from reading the article, besides the obvious fact that high price lawyers can act like children, is that:

Coghlan, principal in Houston’s Coghlan & Associates, says he and Bennett had a verbal agreement that Bennett would pay Coghlan a percentage of the attorney fees for his work on the Mrs. Baird’s litigation, a class action involving numerous plaintiffs and attorneys.

Why would a lawyer take on work based on a verbal agreement? Wouldn’t a signed contract make more sense to prevent just such a dispute from happening? How much work would it have entailed to have his law clerk write up a contract? You would think a lawyer would know better that that. Maybe next time he should consult a lawyer before he agrees to do work without a written contract!

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