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1. The traditional model is very expensive, time consuming and ends with a disinterest decision-maker "splitting the baby." While many Judges are knowledgeable and mean well, all know less than your attorney, and much less than you about your conflict. Most Judges are looking for getting through the day, you being another line item on their call, and surprisingly many lack requisite knowledge and make unpredictable decisions.
2. It is not uncommon to walk into one courtroom and receive a completely different decision that the same fact pattern would receive in the next courtroom. It is not unheard of to have a Judge make a legally incorrect decision. It is common to have that Judge refuse to correct him/herself. It is very common to have a Judge make a decision having failed to read the motions prepared by lawyers informing the Judge of each side’s arguments.
3. Hence, it is always in your interest to make the decisions, as it is after all, your "baby."
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| | | SAVE TIME AND MONEY.
The traditional approach to solving legal disputes eats-up your time and money with abandon. A typical legal case goes through an initial stage of informing your lawyer of all the things you know about your case. Then, the case goes through a discovery stage, when your side finds out what the other side knows. This second stage can involve requests for documents from the other side, subpoenas for documents from financial institutions and depositions of witnesses. Finally, the lawyers prepare for and conduct trial. After trial, either party can ask the court to reconsider its decision and then, appeal to the appellate court, and then to the Illinois State Supreme Court. Even a typical divorce is likely to cost each party $5,000 to $10,000 and six to twelve months, if they settle quickly; $10,000 to $20,000 each and over a year with discovery; $20,000 to $100,000 each and two to four years if you go to trial.
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