I have talked to over 10-15 fairly to highly respected lawyers. While the retainer for the most part is about the same from 5k to 10k when it comes to covering the case from arraignment all the way through trial that's when the big price difference spikes occur. Several attorney wanted between 7500-15000 to go from arraignment all the way through trial and there was a whole bunch who would throw numbers between 35k - 75k. I mean there are equally qualified lawyers with equally high status who said will do the job for 25k max. And when they tell me what their hourly rate is it just doesn't always add up. Is this normal occurrence?
