In a recent fee petition hearing, a judge of the Hillsborough County Circuit Court acknowledged the high value of attorney Robert Joyce’s skill, stating that there are \u201conly a few lawyers in town that I think are worth $600 an hour,\u201d and that Mr. Joyce is one of them, due to his \u201castonishing\u201d workmanship.<\/p>\n
The following is an excerpted transcript of the proceedings:<\/p>\n
THE COURT: Okay. Well, let me tell you this. As you know \u2013 I don’t know how much I make, 75, 80 dollars an hour. I’ve been a lawyer since 1970. I did award Mr. Joyce $600 an hour in the past. And his, I want to say, workmanship, his cross-examination is astonishing, the way he handles witnesses, witnesses for the defense, experts. I mean, he’s very good. Six hundred dollars an hour I know is high end. There’s only a few lawyers in town that I think are worth (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a recent fee petition hearing, a judge of the Hillsborough County Circuit Court acknowledged the high value of attorney Robert Joyce’s skill, stating that there are \u201conly a few lawyers in town that I think are worth $600 an…<\/span><\/p>\n