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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Sue O.):

I'm curious from those that are skeptical of a lawyer who is asking a very reasonable up front fee .....if you feel he or his team cannot compete against Eichners large law firm, what are you going to do ? are you going to find your own lawyer? go to small claims court? wait for Eichner to at some point vacate and hope you get some $$ amount back?? (i feel any amount received back from the original settlement issued would be hardly anything anyway - and with the Better Business Bureau doing the admin of the settlement - it may take years - there was no timeframe specified for completion of that right?).

If you find your own lawyer or even pay one to go with you to small claims court - they do charge you for the prep time and the court time. I'm going to say this again....any good lawyer is 350+ per HOUR./NYC lawyers probably close to 500/hour. Do you realize how long it would take any firm of lawyers to weed thru case history on this, precedents? You would spend thousands before anything would even happen in court. This lawyer may be our BEST option right now - but of course everyone needs to decide for themself how to proceed. I for one, can't spend years complaining and writing on here hoping something changes. Actions speak louder than words and it's time for a real lawsuit to be brought against this place.