Florida Criminal Defense Lawyers Eyeing Civil Work? How COVID-19 is Affecting Attorney Income
Lawyers across the U.S. responded to questions bout how their income, client and case intake has changed since the pandemic. Here's what Floridians reported.
May 26, 2020 at 06:28 AM
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COVID-19 has already taken money from the pockets of Florida lawyers, who, according to an anonymous survey, expect things to get worse before they get better.
Two hundred and ninety-two lawyers across the U.S. responded to questions between April 1-23 about how their income, client and case intake has changed since the pandemic. That sample included 31 Florida respondents—65% of whom said their income has already decreased.
With narcotics, white-collar and fraud cases down as police make less arrests and federal agents have stopped convening grand juries, some criminal defense lawyers are looking to civil law to supplement lost income, according to Bruce Lehr of Lehr, Levi & Mendez in Miami.
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