What Will My
Case Cost?
And no one else does, either.
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In a nutshell:
This page is designed to help you understand what kind of things that can contribute to costs on a case, and how Hemmat Law try to make the process as streamlined as possible.
The legal system is highly unpredictable and uncertain. Be extremely suspicious of any attorney who paints too rosy of a picture of the situation, or who too confidently promises a budget.
When looking to engage legal counsel, it is very common to be concerned about potential costs. It is also very common to get inconsistent or unpredictable estimates about what financial costs to expect in your type of case. This leaves many clients unsure who or what to believe, and leaves them nervous about retaining an attorney.
While we will do our best to estimate what your case might cost, this page will explain why predicting the future is so difficult in the legal industry – even for highly experienced legal teams.
Legal Costs:
Here is what drives legal costs, and why they are so difficult to predict:
In a nutshell:
Notice that most of these factors are completely out of you and your legal team’s control. This is why litigation is often regarded as a horrifying nightmare for all involved.
Combined with the unpredictable apathy of the courts, the time intensive and expensive demands of representation, and the personal stressors of litigation, even the most well-intentioned attorneys are unable to be fully responsive to the suffering of their clientele.
At Hemmat Law, we try our best to blunt the roughest edges of this system, and here is how:
Practice Areas
Whether clients are involved in a hotly contested divorce, dealing with narcissistic conflict cases, navigating an emotionally wrenching custody battle, administering the estate of a loved one, or wrangling over a contract, our determination and experience have achieved the best results for our clients. Trust us to guide you through the legal process and achieve the best possible outcome for your family.
Trends Report
Hemmat Law conducted the biggest Family Law secret shop ever performed in Washington, assessing 400 organizations to create the most comprehensive look into the state of the Washington family law landscape.
Why a family law trial is (almost always) a terrible idea:
Family law trials in Washington have no jury.
This means that the entire outcome of a case hinges on the opinion of one person: the judge.
Judges are fallible people, and they cannot know you or your story no matter how much they read about you.
This means that an attorney can argue the case perfectly 10 times and get 10 different results. Even judges will admit that ruling from the bench is often like conducting surgery with a mallet and a chainsaw – terrible for all involved.
Every ethical lawyer in Washington will generally counsel you similarly. Especially when your family is on the line.
Things to keep in mind, no matter who you hire:
- Your lawyers will need to read everything. The quality of assistance any firm can provide is directly linked to the amount of data at our disposal.
- Re-doing someone else’s work is always harder than having one firm do it to begin with. This goes for the self-represented parties and for other law firms.
- Joining a case mid-way through is always harder than starting one. Your legal team will have to spend a lot of time learning about what has (and hasn’t) happened.
- The shorter the timeline for any task, the bigger the challenge it presents. In general, getting things done at the last second forces your legal team to throw manpower at a problem to make up the lost time.
- Several of the above pitfalls can occur simultaneously.
