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• billionaire2bee

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  So if you hit the jackpot and get a lawyer to set up your trust and or help you claim your jackpot....Do they get the 33% of your winnings like they do if they represented you in a civil case or what?? Cause if it is the 33% the lawyer who helps that 590 million winner(s) will be richer than the winner(s)....So does anybody know what percentage the lawyer gets or what??
• Artist77

  

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  Are you serious? Setting up a trust etc. is an hourly fee service (not a percentage) and most will provide you a cost estimate. The 33% is for contingency type fees (if you prevail) for litigation, etc.

  
• whiteballz

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by billionaire2bee on May 26, 2013

  So if you hit the jackpot and get a lawyer to set up your trust and or help you claim your jackpot....Do they get the 33% of your winnings like they do if they represented you in a civil case or what?? Cause if it is the 33% the lawyer who helps that 590 million winner(s) will be richer than the winner(s)....So does anybody know what percentage the lawyer gets or what??

  yes it's true. The lawyer taking 33% of the jackpot is the standard rate for this type of job but you are in luck. If you let me represent you, I will cut you a once in a life time special deal and I will only charge you 32%.

  Is it a deal?

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• Artist77

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by whiteballz on May 26, 2013

  yes it's true. The lawyer taking 33% of the jackpot is the standard rate for this type of job but you are in luck. If you let me represent you, I will cut you a once in a life time special deal and I will only charge you 32%.

  Is it a deal?

  lol lol  Oh no. Let me stand in line to represent him first. I willl only charge him 30%. That is fair..maybe up to 10 billable hours of work...lol.

  
• whiteballz

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on May 26, 2013

  lol lol  Oh no. Let me stand in line to represent him first. I willl only charge him 30%. That is fair..maybe up to 10 billable hours of work...lol.

  my final offer is 29% of the winnings and I'll be your best friend. 

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• Artist77

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by whiteballz on May 26, 2013

  my final offer is 29% of the winnings and I'll be your best friend. 

  lol My final offer is 25% and I will pretend I like you (plus knowing someone with a book deal as well will improve your social standing and make people think you are wise).

  
• whiteballz

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on May 26, 2013

  lol My final offer is 25% and I will pretend I like you (plus knowing someone with a book deal as well will improve your social standing and make people think you are wise).

  I only do this for very special people but for you, I will lower my rate to 24% and as an added bonus I will also become your exclusive financial adviser. I will make you a billionaire in no time! I have a track record of 50% annualized returns on all my investments*

   

   

   

   

  *past performance is no guarantee of future results

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• savagegoose

  

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  33% is for a no win no fee kind of deal as well,

  " Still swinging, still missing "
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  My lawyer will do it for 23% and he promises not to hump your leg when he starts thinking about the money.

  Or 20% with leg-humping included.
• billionaire2bee

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  Quote: Originally posted by whiteballz on May 26, 2013

  yes it's true. The lawyer taking 33% of the jackpot is the standard rate for this type of job but you are in luck. If you let me represent you, I will cut you a once in a life time special deal and I will only charge you 32%.

  Is it a deal?

  Wow cracker jack law degrees are that much in demand or are you on the meth again??
• billionaire2bee

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  Are you serious? Setting up a trust etc. is an hourly fee service (not a percentage) and most will provide you a cost estimate. The 33% is for contingency type fees (if you prevail) for litigation, etc.

  Yeah im serious I asked the question I wanted an honest answer....the only time I ever needed a lawyer is well.....never....so that why I wanted to know
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  Quote: Originally posted by billionaire2bee on May 26, 2013

  So if you hit the jackpot and get a lawyer to set up your trust and or help you claim your jackpot....Do they get the 33% of your winnings like they do if they represented you in a civil case or what?? Cause if it is the 33% the lawyer who helps that 590 million winner(s) will be richer than the winner(s)....So does anybody know what percentage the lawyer gets or what??

  There is no pro Bono work from Lawyers when it involves the lottery- those guys are not called Lawyers for nothing. ..
• LottoBoner

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  Wow cracker jack law degrees are that much in demand or are you on the meth again??

  What is meth?  Is that how your becoming a billionaire?

  I used to love cracker jacks.  The prize got a little cheap I think.

  I love corn in a box.
• Artist77

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by LottoBoner on May 26, 2013

  What is meth?  Is that how your becoming a billionaire?

  I used to love cracker jacks.  The prize got a little cheap I think.

  I love corn in a box.

  I wish I had known one could get law degrees in a box of cracker jacks. I have to stop doing things the hard way! One time I got a little joke book (about an inch high) as my prize....my fave...what is green and sings??  Elvis Parsley!

  
• whiteballz

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by billionaire2bee on May 26, 2013

  Yeah im serious I asked the question I wanted an honest answer....the only time I ever needed a lawyer is well.....never....so that why I wanted to know

  this was a serious question??? OMG.....

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