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Review of Lovegrove Smith & Cotton

We were charged $200 for a 'file setup fee' by a p...

We were charged $200 for a 'file setup fee' by a paralegal, which apparently takes 1 hour according to the bill. Though we signed an agreement apparently with this inside, this was never explained to us before signing as we have never been charged a file setup fee by any other lawyer at this high a price, especially since all that was setup was spending 5 minutes taking our details down and putting it on a sticker. We did not even provide any documents or other paperwork to be even photocopied or filed.

Advice was ok, but I will definitely not be coming back here again. $200 for an empty manilla folder with our names on it is rather rich. Caution for those wanting a plain simple consultation as you'll be hit with this fee on top of the lawyers hourly rate.