One time when I was working for one company we needed to sue someone in California and we were in Pennsylvania. Someone recommended this one Attorney to us so we called him and discussed the suit. He billed us $ 500 for the conversation we had on the phone! The President of our company thought that was outrageous so he called the Lawyer to complain. The Lawyer had a very simple comeback, he said " Gene, I know a lot of very inexpensive Attorneys I can put you in touch with, would you like some phone numbers?"

He made his point, he felt he was worth it (he ended up being pretty effective in our suit) and he wasn't going to lower his price. Good sometimes costs more but is usually worth it in the end.

Don