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High-end PI is such a racket

Attorneys at these firms doing multi-million dollar cases do...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
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Dark institution
  04/14/14
defense side bros farm out the work in the same way
mewling sepia gas station
  04/14/14
huh? defense bros only get paid for the # of hours they work...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
at good firms the medical record review will more or less be...
mewling sepia gas station
  04/14/14
not in my experience. i worked very briefly at an ID firm th...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
if it's "high-end" pi then you're not defending th...
mewling sepia gas station
  04/14/14
Lol okay bro. Even asbestos and tobacco litigation had insur...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
And if they do, they get paid nothing for that, since their ...
bronze ratface tanning salon
  04/14/14
Cot damn this sounds awesome
bronze ratface tanning salon
  04/14/14
Being a successful PI lawyer has to be the best firm gig in ...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
a lot of these cases involve high stakes depositions and tri...
drab address affirmative action
  04/14/14
(jack frost, noted autodidact)
Dark institution
  04/14/14
I am personally familiar with high stakes PI and you said is...
drab address affirmative action
  04/14/14
i'm an attorney who works in this field. you are an autodida...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
/thread. /jack frost's posting career.
odious bistre sanctuary
  04/14/14
there's nothing substantive about what he said but yes I sup...
drab address affirmative action
  04/14/14
while its true that expert medical reports and shit are cruc...
glittery grizzly indian lodge tank
  04/14/14
correct. and the depos often involve a shitlaw dood going up...
drab address affirmative action
  04/14/14
these things won't settle until after the defense has taken ...
Dark institution
  04/14/14
Sounds like every other faggot industry
Hideous 180 area
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Date: April 14th, 2014 11:35 AM
Author: Dark institution

Attorneys at these firms doing multi-million dollar cases don't even do any of the grunt work. They farm it out to medical review companies who basically work up the case for you, i.e., compile the medicals into an organized file complete with a nice summary and locate and generate expert reports for you. Then the attorney charges these costs (which would typically be borne by the attorney in the form of, you know, performing the work himself) to the client's portion of the settlement. Just lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381057)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:33 PM
Author: Dark institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381297)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:35 PM
Author: mewling sepia gas station

defense side bros farm out the work in the same way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381313)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:38 PM
Author: Dark institution

huh? defense bros only get paid for the # of hours they work. they hoard all the work they possibly can. PI bros have an incentive to just farm out work on the client's dime, even work they are perfectly capable of doing, because they don't get paid for doing any of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381330)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:40 PM
Author: mewling sepia gas station

at good firms the medical record review will more or less be farmed out because it's not worth an associate's time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381345)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:42 PM
Author: Dark institution

not in my experience. i worked very briefly at an ID firm that handled tons of wrongful death shit and they had all the associates doing the dumbest makework possible. "oh go and review that stack of medicals for the 3rd time and summarize". "oh go and review every piece of evidence and summarize it." "pls provide procedural summary for the client for the 10th time". it's all just BS to inflate hours at defense firms. i've never heard of defense firms willingly giving hours away. the rates are absurdly low.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381367)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:44 PM
Author: mewling sepia gas station

if it's "high-end" pi then you're not defending the insurance company.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381382)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:46 PM
Author: Dark institution

Lol okay bro. Even asbestos and tobacco litigation had insurance companies involved. Obviously we aren't talking about biglaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381401)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:44 PM
Author: bronze ratface tanning salon

And if they do, they get paid nothing for that, since their earnings are based on the billable hour.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381390)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:44 PM
Author: bronze ratface tanning salon

Cot damn this sounds awesome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381380)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:50 PM
Author: Dark institution

Being a successful PI lawyer has to be the best firm gig in law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381429)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:51 PM
Author: drab address affirmative action

a lot of these cases involve high stakes depositions and trials so you really couldn't be more wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381433)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:52 PM
Author: Dark institution

(jack frost, noted autodidact)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381437)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:53 PM
Author: drab address affirmative action

I am personally familiar with high stakes PI and you said is complete and utter bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381447)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 1:10 PM
Author: Dark institution

i'm an attorney who works in this field. you are an autodidact who reads CNN stories. kill urself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381537)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 1:13 PM
Author: odious bistre sanctuary

/thread.

/jack frost's posting career.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381551)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 1:14 PM
Author: drab address affirmative action

there's nothing substantive about what he said but yes I suppose his assertion "pwned" me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381556)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:58 PM
Author: glittery grizzly indian lodge tank

while its true that expert medical reports and shit are crucial in these cases, the lawyers still have to do some work. Depositions are key as fuck in these cases, and you have to have your shit together going into the depo.

Correct me if I am wrong, but these things don't even start to settle until after depos are done, a lot of the time, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381475)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:58 PM
Author: drab address affirmative action

correct. and the depos often involve a shitlaw dood going up a bunch of asshole biglawyers. the OP is done here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381477)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 1:11 PM
Author: Dark institution

these things won't settle until after the defense has taken YOUR witnesses depos. they OFTEN will settle without plaintiffs taking a single depo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381541)



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Date: April 14th, 2014 12:58 PM
Author: Hideous 180 area

Sounds like every other faggot industry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543241&forum_id=2#25381480)