I always hear about rich people hiring expensive lawyers to escape punishments. How do they do that, and what stops more accessible lawyers from achieving the same result?
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ok so, i got 4 misdemeanor drug possession charges a while back. I went to a lawyer who said he would represent me for $500, seemed like a great deal to me. a few days later he calls me and says i should expect fines, probation & losing my license and possibly jail time because there wasn’t really much i could do to fight the charges. i didn’t like that response and after talking with family, my sister offered to hire me a lawyer. She goes and gets the guy in town with the best reputation and it costs $5000 just to retain him with the expectations it could go up to about $8k-$9k if we goto trial. fast forward a couple of months to my first court appearance. i meet my lawyer at the courthouse and he tells me that he used to goto law school and date the current DA that was assigned to my case. Told me not to worry about anything and just agree with everything he says. By time i got in front of the judge, he had already got that DA to drop 3 of the 4 drug charges. i ended up only being charged with possession of .5g of marijuana. I paid a $1200 fine and didn’t even get probation or anything else. tl;dr – always hire the expensive lawyer if you can
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