10 days before the trial, this is a very contentious case, the defense has two attorneys working on it at 10 hours a day, 20 hours a day at $100 an hour, that is $2,000 a day, but I think that is a low fee for some of these attorneys. Say it is $2,000 a day plus clerical and everything else. In 10 days you are looking at $25,000 or $30,000 in legal fees.
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