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.
8e. Was your lawyer paid with an hourly fee, a retainer, a flat fee, or a contingency fee?
Response | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hourly | 61 | ||
2 | Retainer | 5 | ||
3 | Flat | 17 | ||
4 | Contingency | 5 | ||
5 | DK/Refuse | 12 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 243 |
Notes: Sixty-one (61) 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, paid their lawyer in the dispute by the hour (Q#8e).