
Brooklyn municipal building (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
A few months ago, in my role as a family attorney, I settled a fairly ugly child custody dispute in Queens Family Court. As my client and I debriefed, he asked me, “I probably saved some money with this being entirely online, huh?” I didn’t have to think twice. “Absolutely,” I told him. “At least a thousand dollars.”
I was underestimating. After I did the math, I estimated that my client saved around $3,750 solely because the case was
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