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04-23-2019, 06:14 PM
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屎忽鬼
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Employment Lawyer?
Does anyone know of a good employment lawyer? my buddy's going through some issues with his employer and i dont have a clue who to recommend. Has anyone used one before?
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04-23-2019, 07:44 PM
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#savethemanuals
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Originally Posted by Badhobz
Does anyone know of a good employment lawyer? my buddy's going through some issues with his employer and i dont have a clue who to recommend. Has anyone used one before?
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Sent you a PM.
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04-24-2019, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz
Does anyone know of a good employment lawyer? my buddy's going through some issues with his employer and i dont have a clue who to recommend. Has anyone used one before?
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Which ever Employment Lawyer he goes with...
If the lawyer offers him to pay a "retainer" first.... don't do it !
I've heard of horror stories where the client pays the lawyer a retainer fee, and it works out badly in the client's favor.
For example, client pays the retainer fee.
The Lawyer helps client win $3,300 of severance from the employer.
The client then receives $300, while the lawyer gets the $3,000 
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04-24-2019, 01:37 PM
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I referred him to a good friend of mine from law school at ubc who practises at one of the top employment law boutiques in Vancouver. Their fee arrangement is usually a contingency fee (a percentage, usually around 30%, of whatever the lawyer is able to get for the client) - no money is paid up front.
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04-24-2019, 06:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gallardo
Which ever Employment Lawyer he goes with...
If the lawyer offers him to pay a "retainer" first.... don't do it !
I've heard of horror stories where the client pays the lawyer a retainer fee, and it works out badly in the client's favor.
For example, client pays the retainer fee.
The Lawyer helps client win $3,300 of severance from the employer.
The client then receives $300, while the lawyer gets the $3,000 |
A retainer generally doesn't work that way. Most of the time the funds go into trust where it's neither the clients nor the attorneys. They'll bill for what they need from those funds. That said if the settlement ends up being $3300 and they put about 10 hours of work then yea you're fucked with getting 300 bucks. (if they bill $300/hr)
Generally speaking, attorneys work on 3 different billing platforms, hourly, contingency or flat rate. Depending on the outcome you may want to choose an attorney that suits you the most.
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