Use of Lawyers
» Use of Lawyers, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2005
If respondent consulted lawyer in the last year AND has ongoing relationship with law firm or individual lawyer AND has used lawyer in the last three years to help settle a legal dispute.
Think of the dispute that was most recently RESOLVED one way or another.
8. How long was it between the time you contacted a lawyer about the matter and its settlement?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | < 4 weeks | 8 | ||
| 2 | 4 - < 12 weeks | 15 | ||
| 3 | 12 - < 26 weeks | 28 | ||
| 4 | 26 - < 52 weeks | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 year - < 2 years | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 years or more | 16 | ||
| 7 | DK/Refuse | 11 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 243 | |||
Notes: Fifty-one (51) percent of small employers (employing 5 to 250 people) who consulted a lawyer in the last year, have an on-going relationship with a lawyer, and used a lawyer in the last three years to help settle a legal dispute, settled their most recently resolved dispute within six months from the time they contacted a lawyer about the matter (Q#8).
