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(USGovernment-News.Com, May 07, 2013 ) Boise, Idaho - Jesse Thomas will be opening a new criminal defense law firm in Boise, Idaho called Idaho Legal Defense PLLC. The firm plans on trying to bridge the gap between defendants who cannot qualify for a public defender, but who cannot afford the high legal fees associated with hiring a lawyer. He plans on utilizing a sliding scale fee where clients who make less will pay less.
Mr. Thomas has been a criminal attorney for four years and has seen firsthand how a legal defense can bring a huge financial strain on defendants during his practice as a private attorney. Further, he explains that many people have become dissatisfied with the public defender system in Idaho because the system is over-taxed. Many people who really cannot afford to hire an attorney feel forced to into hiring one because their case has not received the attention it deserves.
To keep costs low and to provide lower fees to clients, he has tried to harness all the new business tools on the web. For example, instead of buying a new phone line he uses Google voice and connects it to his personal phone for free. Also, he splits his time working from home and working in a “virtual office” and thus forgoes the cost of paying for a full-blown office. He hopes that these and other innovative web based tools will help him keep costs low and bridge the public defender system and the private defense bar.
Idaho Legal Defense hopes to opens in doors to clients in late May.
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