Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — Lawyers Who Ask Big Fees Holdup Men [ARTICLE]

Lawyers Who Ask Big Fees Holdup Men

By Lieutenant Governor BARR ATT O’HARA of Illinois WHEN WE HEAR OF THE SIOO,000 FEE IN THE SULZER CASE IN NEW YORK, THE $47,000 CHARGED THE STATE AND THE RECENT FEE OF SIO,OOO CHARGED COOK COUNTY, WORK WHICH ANY YOUNG LAWYER COULD HAVE HANDLED SUCCESSFULLY, WE KNOW THAT FEES ASKED BY SOME LAWYERS ARE EXORBITANT. IN FACT. MANY LAWYERS ARE LEGALIZED “HOLDUP MEN.” A new generation of young lawyers,. hewever, realize that ;Tev owe A public service, and those that do ■ HOI *>.. to realize it will he l'oicrr to do so by public sentiment.