The reason why people hate lawyers.
My friend and I had them for an ongoing case. They seemed to be taking advantage of her given that she’s English second language, charging her $4,455.50 for correspondence with her (26.5% of the total bill) and she still didn’t understand what they were working on or what was next. I joined their calls to try and help her understand, however they were intentionally vague with the case details, what was next, and how much the services were going to cost. They couldn’t tell me if it was going to be closer to $20,000 or $200,000. They were ambiguous with the process despite us asking for a roadmap to resolution. They couldn’t provide prices for anything. They couldn’t give an answer for the cost of a legal form that ChatGPT could do in 30 seconds. Every answer was “well, it depends”. The only thing they had a price for was the DV portion of the case. They said $2,500. Finally, a straight answer. However, after two hearings, the order was dropped by the court, but not before Enright Law charged $7,000.00 for the DV related services. Further breaking down their billing, they charged $2,845.00 for “in-firm correspondence”. Nearly $3,000.00 for talking to other people in their own office. That seems unreasonable given that there was already separate billing for any reviewing, analyzing, planning, and preparing for the case. To really give you an idea of their greediness, they charged $55.00 to forward an email for Zoom instructions and login for the DV hearing. Confirm with client receipt of email: $85.00. Client’s request for update call: $85.00. Not the call itself, that was billed separately. $85.00 just to schedule a call. Total cost was over $16,000.00 just to get through what a different lawyer called phase 1 of 3. We talked to another firm, and he answered all our questions straightforward with estimated times, ballpark costs, and options for her. That’s all we wanted, someone honest. Enright Law should review their practices to make sure they’re serving their clients, and not the other way around.
The reason why people hate lawyers.
My friend and I had them for an ongoing case. They seemed to be taking advantage of her given that she’s English second language, charging her $4,455.50 for correspondence with her (26.5% of the total bill) and she still didn’t understand what they were working on or what was next. I joined their calls to try and help her understand, however they were intentionally vague with the case details, what was next, and how much the services were going to cost. They couldn’t tell me if it was going to be closer to $20,000 or $200,000. They were ambiguous with the process despite us asking for a roadmap to resolution. They couldn’t provide prices for anything. They couldn’t give an answer for the cost of a legal form that ChatGPT could do in 30 seconds. Every answer was “well, it depends”. The only thing they had a price for was the DV portion of the case. They said $2,500. Finally, a straight answer. However, after two hearings, the order was dropped by the court, but not before Enright Law charged $7,000.00 for the DV related services. Further breaking down their billing, they charged $2,845.00 for “in-firm correspondence”. Nearly $3,000.00 for talking to other people in their own office. That seems unreasonable given that there was already separate billing for any reviewing, analyzing, planning, and preparing for the case. To really give you an idea of their greediness, they charged $55.00 to forward an email for Zoom instructions and login for the DV hearing. Confirm with client receipt of email: $85.00. Client’s request for update call: $85.00. Not the call itself, that was billed separately. $85.00 just to schedule a call. Total cost was over $16,000.00 just to get through what a different lawyer called phase 1 of 3. We talked to another firm, and he answered all our questions straightforward with estimated times, ballpark costs, and options for her. That’s all we wanted, someone honest. Enright Law should review their practices to make sure they’re serving their clients, and not the other way around.