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Mar. 9, 2020

An attack on California’s lemon law fees is an attack on consumers

A recent guest column by Colorado attorney Lee Mickus purports to offer a broad critique of California’s lemon law by lamenting that it has moved away from its original purpose of helping consumers and morphed into a mechanism for maximizing recovery of attorney fees — a state of affairs for which the piece (somewhat predictably) castigates California consumer rights attorneys.

Joseph A. Kaufman

Founder
Joseph Kaufman and Associates

A recent guest column by Colorado attorney Lee Mickus purports to offer a broad critique of California's lemon law by lamenting that it has moved away from its original purpose of helping consumers and morphed into a mechanism for maximizing recovery of attorney fees -- a state of affairs for which the piece (somewhat predictably) castigates California consumer rights attorneys. ["$95

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