--- title: The Economics of Hiring a Lawyer description: I'm going to keep this week's post pretty short. Lawyers are perceived, often correctly to be expensive. What I preach to my clients is that it is much cheaper to confer with me as things go along compared to hire me to solve problems. --- [Dan's Desk](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin) - [lawyer](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/lawyer) - [hugo](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/hugo) - [MN](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/mn) - [law](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/law) - [attorney](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/attorney) - [legal](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/legal) [Subscribe](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/the-economics-of-hiring-a-lawyer#) 08/28/2019 # The Economics of Hiring a Lawyer - - - - - [mailto:?subject=The%20Economics%20of%20Hiring%20a%20Lawyer&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-economics-of-hiring-a-lawyer](mailto:?subject=The%20Economics%20of%20Hiring%20a%20Lawyer&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-economics-of-hiring-a-lawyer) I'm going to keep this week's post pretty short. Lawyers are perceived, often correctly to be expensive. What I preach to my clients is that it is much cheaper to confer with me as things go along compared to hire me to solve problems. Consider this: I can prepare a transaction agreement for the sale of real estate or a company for under $2,500. or If you ask to retain me to litigate a transaction gone awry, you'll need to plan on at least a $5,000.00 final expense, and that's if I get to worked out really, really efficiently. If it goes to litigation, your expense will for sure be $10,000.00 and as high as $60,000. The point: Call me early to make things go right instead of calling me for expensive fixes! The material contained herein is provided for informational purposes only and is not legal advice, nor is it a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney. Each situation is unique, and you should not act or rely on any information contained herein without seeking the advice of an experienced attorney. All information contained in links are the property of the linked site. - [cost](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/cost), - [fees](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/fees), - [lawyer](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/lawyer), - [proactive](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/proactive), - [reactive](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/reactive) ![Dan Gallatin](https://www.gallatin-law.com/hubfs/assets-mjfw/site%20images/Dans-Desk.jpg) ## [Dan Gallatin](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin) Dan is a lifelong resident of Minnesota. Born in St. Paul, Dan spent many of his formative years growing up there before moving to White Bear Lake. After graduating from White Bear Lake, Dan spent four glorious years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a degree in two majors. Dan worked as a Senior Investigator at the Minnesota Department of Commerce for several years after graduating from college. During his final years Dan attended William Mitchell College of Law while still working full-time. During this exhausting 3 ½ year period Dan honed his skills in becoming an efficient, to-the-point legal practitioner. While at Madison Dan met his wife, Tonya, and together they moved to Minnesota to plant their roots. Dan and Tonya have two amazing, unique children and reside in Hugo. ### CONNECT WITH ME - ## Related Posts [07/17/2019 Hugo Lions Support Yellow Ribbon Network I'm a member of the Hugo Lions Club. This week's blog is to draw attention to its golf outing on August 11, 2019 at Oneka Ridge Golf Course. The… Read Post ](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/hugo-lions-support-yellow-ribbon-network) [12/31/2019 What is Impeachment and are We Thinking for Ourselves About This? Initially, I watched a good bit of the impeachment proceedings. The witnesses called (predominantly by the Democrats) to testify about President… Read Post ](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/what-is-impeachment-and-are-we-thinking-for-ourselves-about-this) ### Subscribe Here! ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Dan Gallatin", "url" : "https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin" }, "dateModified" : "2020-08-21T18:23:21.667Z", "datePublished" : "2019-08-28T05:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "The Economics of Hiring a Lawyer", "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/the-economics-of-hiring-a-lawyer", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://www.gallatin-law.com/hubfs/logos/Gallatin-Logo-654x84.png" }, "name" : "Gallatin Law, PLLC" } } ```