andy_oseguera asked:


Anything that I can grow at home and/or buy online. But that is also legal in Florida. Example: Kratom. Does anyone know what it is? And is it legal in Florida, and does it get you high? Salvia is a good legal drug but it is no longer legal in florida, anyother drugs as such?

John S. asked:


One can sometimes save a lot on legal fees when they ask to be billed by the hour. But when it comes to a DWI/DUI case which is a criminal case, do most attorneys automaticly price their services on a flat fee? For this kind of case, could one ask for fees by the hour and not be immediately dismissed as “unreasonable” or “off market”?

And when it comes to accounting for hours spent on a case, most attorneys are less willing to provide an hour by hour accounting, at least from my experence. How common is it to ask for an hour-by-hour accounting? And if a flat fee were charged, could one ask for an hour-by-hour accounting so as to determine the REAL hourly rate the client is paying? Or would to do so invoke the ire of the attorney and potentially “underwhelm” them with the attractiveness of your case such that their attention to your legal need may be less than if they were not required to account for hours spent?
To Responder Salem: I qualified my statement about more attorneys charging by a flat fee with my admission, “to my experience”, which has been limited. I’ve worked with many different attorneys in different areas of law but my sense was that criminal attorneys are more inclined to charge a flat fee. But if you are an attorney or have superior knowledge of the legal industry on a national basis, then I would defer to your knowledge as I ask this question to learn. I did not mean to generalize but since you did not provide your source of information, I’m not sure you can speak to “averages” either unless you have the specific data or a credible and authoritative reference.