Health Law
UK Lawyer Made $25M in a Year, Now He Is Focus of Legal-Fees Controversy
Posted Nov 13, 2008, 06:31 pm CST
By Martha Neil
Representing injured coal miners has proven to be a lucrative practice area for Jim Beresford, 58, and his three-partner law firm.
At one point, the head office of the United Kingdom law firm now known as Beresfords Solicitors was shabby building near a Chinese takeout restaurant in Doncaster, in South Yorkshire. But by 2003 it had moved to a luxurious lakeside development there, according to the London Times.
"Last year The Lawyer magazine calculated that Mr. Beresford was the highest-earning solicitor in Britain, topping the estimated £13 million that was earned in 2005-06 by Andrew Nulty," the Times article recounts.
In fact, Beresfords apparently topped Nulty—who made his fortune in the same practice area—by a considerable amount.… Continue reading...
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