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A hiring attorney needed a focused research memo on an expert-qualification question, and posted it as a flat-fee project.
The details
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$1,250
Flat fee paid to the freelance attorney
10.3 hours
Hours the attorney billed their client
$656 (billed at $185/hr)
Attorney profit
Litigation, Real Estate
Area of law
8 hours
Application period
7 days
Project completed
The posting
The hiring attorney needed a memo analyzing whether an appraiser holding a temporary practice permit under NRS 645C could testify as an expert about an appraisal of real estate performed before the temporary permit was issued. The analysis was limited to existing Nevada statutes, regulations, and case law.
We need a memo regarding the ability of an appraiser with a temporary practice permit under NRS 645C to testify as an expert with regard to his or her appraisal of real estate when the appraisal was performed prior to the issuance of the temporary practice permit.
As posted by the hiring attorney
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