Use of Lawyers
» Use of Lawyers, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2005
If respondent consulted lawyer in last year AND has on-going relationship with law firm or individual lawyer AND used a 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.
8b. What was the general topic of the dispute?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employment | 10 | ||
| 2 | Liability | 14 | ||
| 3 | Contracts | 19 | ||
| 4 | Debtor/creditor or collections | 21 | ||
| 5 | Real estate | 10 | ||
| 6 | Taxes | 1 | ||
| 7 | Accident/injury/Workers' Comp. | 5 | ||
| 8 | Copyright/Trademarks | 1 | ||
| 9 | Corporate filings | 3 | ||
| 10 | (Other) | 12 | ||
| 11 | DK/Refuse | 5 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 243 | |||
Notes: Nineteen (19) 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, indicate their most recently resolved dispute involved a contract(s) (Q#8b).
