What type of lawyer do I use for breach of verbal contract and can I get the lawyer fee back if I win?
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What type of lawyer do I use for breach of verbal contract and can I get the lawyer fee back if I win?
The whole cost of the contract is $7,281.
Asked on September 2, 2015 under Business Law, Connecticut
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Go to a litigator that is, an attorney who specializes in suing or defending from lawsuits, not someone who specializes in contracts, real estate closings, or wills. Ideally, you would go to a litigator who has handled similar cases, but that's not actually all that important your question describes a fairly straightforward case, which any litigator should be able to handle.
If you had a written contract and the contract specifically said that in the event of a lawsuit, the loser pays the winner's legal fees, you could recover your legal fees. Otherwise, though, in U.S. law, each party pays it's own legal fees and cannot recover them from the other side, absent special circumstances or certain non-contract causes of action, which do not appear to apply.
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