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When people who haven't been charged with criminal offenses call our law office they want to know, “how do I pay these fees? How are they setup? What are my options?” In criminal cases most attorneys don't charge by the hour because most people would not have an open ended bill that could run into many thousands of dollars and not know where the last part of that cost is going to come from. We charge flat fees. That is, we know the kind of case you're involved with. We know the court you are in. We know how much distance is involved for us to get there and back. We know how many hearings we are going to have to handle.

We will put that fee in increments so that you pay it as the case progresses. If the case stops earlier, because a deal we get, you don't pay the rest of the fee. That's the fairest way we know how to do these. That is, to have a flat fee paid in increments. You're going to have some other costs, such as investigators fees, courier fees, and court reporter fees if you go to a hearing or trial. You may have an expert witness cost. We're going to tell you about those when you first come in the door if we think you are going to need these people later so you will know the total exposure you have in the case.

That is the most we can do. These fees are not something that can be done on a contingency basis. In other words we can’t say, “I will either win your case or give your money back because the state bar won’t let us. If they would let me do that I would. It's not permissible because they don't want us gambling with your fate and your jail time if you were to lose. They want us to make informed decisions and do so when we're not dealing with a contingent fee.

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