http://www.joewhite.com/2008/06/26/murdering-hookers-is-one-thing-but-having-sex-with-them/ The occasional writings of a questionable mind. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:45:28 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.joewhite.com/2008/06/26/murdering-hookers-is-one-thing-but-having-sex-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-18977 Mojo Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:28:54 +0000 http://www.joewhite.com/?p=629#comment-18977 One hates to defend lawyers --that's their own job, one might argue -- but the odds are very good that they took the case on at least partial contingency, meaning that they might just as easily gotten squat. And considering the many (billable) hours spent preparing, deposing, etc. for the case, $1.3 million isn't all that much, especially split among the employees of a large firm. Not everyone can be Walter Umphries, after all. One hates to defend lawyers –that’s their own job, one might argue — but the odds are very good that they took the case on at least partial contingency, meaning that they might just as easily gotten squat. And considering the many (billable) hours spent preparing, deposing, etc. for the case, $1.3 million isn’t all that much, especially split among the employees of a large firm. Not everyone can be Walter Umphries, after all.

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