Fighting Over Lawyer Bills : How to Negotiate or Arbitrate a Fair Fee

Imagine this: Jane Doe has completed work with Joe Lawyer. She feels confident that her legal problem has been solved and returns home with a smile. Days later, the bill arrives. Her smile disappears. The charges are so outlandish that she figures there must be some mistake.But there's no mistake.Rather than gnash her teeth or grab a weapon, Jane, and anyone else facing this pecuniary predicament, can turn to Nolo's new book, Fighting Over Lawyer Bills. Written by an attorney with almost twenty years' experience handling legal malpractice cases, the book explains the various ways individuals can dispute an outrageous fee, from mediation and binding arbitration, to non-binding arbitration and litigation.Fighting Over Lawyer Bills offers helpful advice on how to determine what is and isn't reasonable legal service, the charges to expect for legal work, and the process for changing lawyers midstream. The book also outlines how to win a dispute without the assistance of yet another lawyerand provides real-life examples of cases in which people have fought their lawyer bills and won back some money -- not to mention their smiles.Starnes, Tanya is the author of 'Fighting Over Lawyer Bills : How to Negotiate or Arbitrate a Fair Fee', published 2001 under ISBN 9780873375955 and ISBN 0873375955.