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I'm believing the attorneys doing this service aren't in it "for the money" . If they are, I bet they are really disappointed...LOL. Especially if that fee includes bail service as well. 10% is the usual fee for a bail bondsman to post bail. In my case, that ten percent was 15,000.00. The attorney fees were only 2500.00.

Thank god I have two attorneys in my family, my mother(retired) and my son... A recent disillusioned law school graduate with a license from the state to practice law and a job market that is not real lucrative for a recent graduate. Neither would have been able to help my situation as I needed a criminal attorney and Mom was a family attorney and my son was just a kid at the time. I only mentioned this little fact to explain my reaction to the comments about attorneys only being in it for the money and the negative remarks thanking god nobody in his family were attorneys as if being an attorney is somehow less than a admirable profession.

polisci wrote:I do not have all the answers, but i would like to hear alternatives for someone who isn't independently wealthy or who doesn't have family or friends who are lawyers (thank God).

Interesting comment from a poster looking to hire a lawyer for ten bucks a month.

On retainer? No. But I do have a business attorney who works for a major law firm that covers several types of law. He charges me when I use his services or even call with questions. Actually... If he finds out I mentioned him on this thread, I will probably get a bill.


I will also recommend you have a good bail bondsmans number handy as well. Even in self defense, they determine a bond before releasing you, if your arrested. Believe it or not, sometimes they arrest you until they can sort everything out. I don't know about most of you folks but I have no intention of sitting in jail while the DA decides if they want to pursue a case against me.