Submitted by Guest9564576 (not verified) on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 7:18pm.
The judge doesn't get a dime of your $100 or $200 if you sit there 30 minutes or all day and if you retain an attorney they tell you what their fee is upfront for the service they are providing. If the attorney is court appointed (which the defendant has to reimburse the state for if they plead guilty or are found guilty)that attorney doesn't bill for their client sitting in court all day. Rest assured, no attorney sits in one court all day dealing with one case, they are back and forth between all the courts and more often than not, their client is in court waiting on them (not getting paid by the hour, but by the job)
The judge doesn't get a dime
The judge doesn't get a dime of your $100 or $200 if you sit there 30 minutes or all day and if you retain an attorney they tell you what their fee is upfront for the service they are providing. If the attorney is court appointed (which the defendant has to reimburse the state for if they plead guilty or are found guilty)that attorney doesn't bill for their client sitting in court all day. Rest assured, no attorney sits in one court all day dealing with one case, they are back and forth between all the courts and more often than not, their client is in court waiting on them (not getting paid by the hour, but by the job)