ContractsCounsel
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Poor ROI, Questionable Fee Sharing Arrangements
1. I have found the ROI on this site to be very, very low for an attorney. I have proposed on dozens of projects but had very few accepted even though my fees were very reasonable and experience is highly relevant. 2. Then when a project was accepted by a client and I performed the consultative work exactly as described in my offer, the client reported my offer to Contracts Counsel and they, in turn, suspended me for six months from using the site. Apparently, I did not understand that Contracts Counsel's Terms of Use demand continuous fee sharing between the lawyers using the site, and Contracts Counsel's non-lawyer platform. I believed and still believe, they are entitled to take a fee only for generating a lead for the attorney, and not for ongoing legal fees. I am looking into this issue more closely to be fair to Contracts Counsel, and more importantly, the public users seeking legal counsel. The site as it is presently set up fails to deliver a viable option for attorneys pursuing project leads. I do not get a sense that the management team of Contracts Counsel has the comprehensive understanding fee sharing with lawyers their service warrants.