Use of Lawyers
» Use of Lawyers, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2005
If respondent consulted lawyer in the last year AND has on-going relationship with law firm or individual lawyer AND used lawyer in the last three years to help settle a legal dispute.
Think of the dispute that was most recently RESOLVED one way or another.
8d. Please estimate the unreimbursed legal expenses for the dispute between the time you first contacted a lawyer about it and its eventual settlement?
Response | ||||
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1 | < $1,000 | 13 | ||
2 | $1,000 - $2,499 | 13 | ||
3 | $2,500 - $4,999 | 9 | ||
4 | $5,000 - $9,999 | 12 | ||
5 | $10,000 - $24,999 | 15 | ||
6 | $25,000 or more | 11 | ||
7 | DK/Refuse | 27 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 243 |
Notes: Eleven (11) percent of small employers (employing 5 to 250 people) who consulted a lawyer in the last year, have an on-going relationship with a lawyer, and used a lawyer in the last three years to help settle a legal dispute, face unreimbursed legal expenses of $25,000 or more (Q#8d).