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l ~TABLE 200 MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION - PRO SE SURVEY - AUGUST 1999 Page 22How much would you expect a lawyer to charge you for today's court session?By CourtPROBATE AND FAMILY COURTHOUSING COURT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Barn- Berk- Frank- Hamp- Hamp- Middle- Ply- Wor- Total City of Hamp- North- South- Wor-TOTAL Probate stable shire Bristol Essex lin den shire sex Norfolk mouth Suffolk cester Housing Boston den eastern eastern caster----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------- ---- -------Total 1420 1039 89 34 134 49 25 251 27 48 91 49 192 48 381 62 43 122 106 48100.0% 100.0% 100.00/0 100.00/0 100.0% 100.0% 100.00/0 100.00/0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.00/0 100.0% 100.00/0 100.00/0 100.00/0 100.00/0 100.00/0Less than $50 271 217 14 6 13 10 2 68 3 15 9 8 57 12 54 12 6 13 16 719.10/0 20.9% 15.7% 17.6% '9.7 % 20.4% 8.0% 27.10/0 11.1% 31.3% 9.90/0 16.3% 29.7% 25.00/0 14.20/0 19.40/0 14.00/0 10.7% 15.1% 14.60/0$50-$99 212 154 12 2 21 5 9 45 2 5 12 6 28 7. 58 8 9 21 14 614.9% 14.8% 13.5% 5.9% 15.7% 10.20/0 36.00/0 17.9% 7.4% 10.4 % 13.2% 12.2% 14.60/0 14.6% 15.2% 12.90/0 20.90/0 17.20/0 13.2% 12.5%$100-$199 263 176 11 8 16 7 5 43 5 9 17 9 37 7 87 13 14 29 20 1118.5% 16.9% 12.4% 23.5% 11.90/0 14.3% 20.00/0 17.1% 18.50/0 18.8% 18.7% 18.4% 19.3% 14.6% 22.8% 21.00/0 32.6% 23.80/0 18.9% 22.90/0$200-$299 172 117 11 4 19 3 3 31 7 2 8 7 17 5 55 8 7 15 14 1112.1% 11.3% 12.4% 11.8% 14.2% 6.10/0 12.00/0 12.4% 25.9% 4.20/0 8.80/0 14.3% 8.90/0 10.40/0 14.4% 12.9% 16.30/0 12.30/0 13.2% 22.9%$300-$399 133 104 11 5 13 8 22 3 5 16 4 16 1 29 3 2 13 8 39.4% 10.0% 12.40/0 14.7% 9.70/0 16.30/0 8.8% 11.1% 10.4% 17.6% 8.20/0 8.30/0 2.1% 7.6% 4.80/0 4.7°1'0 10.7% 7.5% 6.3%$400-$499 101 65 8 3 16 3 1 5 4 9 5 11 36 6 2 11 15 27.1% 6.3% 9.00/0 8.8% 11.90/0 6.1% 4.0% 2.0% 8.3% 9.9% 10.2% 5.7°1'0 9.4% 9.7% 4.7% 9.0% 14.20/0 4.2%$500-$599 108 75 5 5 13 4 3 13 2 5 8 4 10 3 33 5 2 11 13 27.60/0 7.2% 5.60/0 14.7% 9.70/0 8.2% 12.0% 5.2% 7.4% 10.4 % 8.80/0 8.2% 5.2% 6.30/0 8.7% 8.10/0 4.7% 9.0% 12.30/0 4.2%--$600 or more 160 131 17 1 23 9 2 24 5 3 12 6 16 13 29 7 1 9 6 611.3% 12.60/0 19.1% 2.9% 17.2% 18.4% 8.0% 9.6% 18.5% 6.3% 13.2% 12.20/0 8.30/0 27.10/0 7.6% 11.3% 2.30/0 7.40/0 5.7% 12.5%Mean ($) 264.66 266.85 320.85 267.15 336.81 316.34 232.50 216.13 318.94 231.79 315.16 287.26 214.99 309.40 258.69 267.24 188.45 264.25 274.50 261.48No Response 454 364 16 7 61 18 11 82 3 45 12 13 77 19 90 25 6 24 30 5Prepared by STS Market Research1218 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138......... ···-..'·····11