Word: steingold
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...little as $400. At Detroit's Recorder's Court, lawyers are paid a flat fee: $1,400 for first- degree murder, $750 for lesser offenses that carry up to a life sentence. "The more time you spend on a case, the less money you make," says attorney David Steingold, a 14-year veteran. Hence lawyers have learned to plead cases quickly and forgo time-consuming motions, a phenomenon known among lawyers as the "plea mill...
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