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The firm typically hires “of-counsel” attorneys to perform work on your case, which usually is more cost-effective so as to reduce your legal fees. These attorneys work at a lower billable hour, and are high quality and excellent attorneys. The firm is keenly aware of a need to work efficiently and to manage the costs of litigation, and in its sole discretion, could assign work to an “of-counsel” lawyer to assist us in the litigation.
Litigation, by its very nature, is a process that can take years to resolve. We have cases that went on for five years or more. Why is this? Because the legal system is clogged, and there are many ways lawyers can game the system to keep a case alive, including adding new defendants, filing new pleadings, seeking appellate decisions of a loss, etc. While we have gotten many cases dismissed early in the litigation, and at times, almost immediately, there is no guarantee that we will have the same result when taking your case, if we choose to do so. We are proud of our excellent track record, but all cases are unique, and must be decided on their own unique facts
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