Attorney Don Cummings on How to Get a Great Lawyer for Free
Attorney and world record-holding strongman Don Cummings joins Mike to explain how the contingency fee system gives everyday people access to the courthouse, then bends a 60-penny nail and a horseshoe and tears a deck of cards, once while holding Mike.
About This Episode
Don Cummings is an accomplished attorney at the Mike Morse Law Firm and also a World Record-holding strongman. He and Mike break down the contingency fee system and how it helps everyday people access the courts. Don also discusses how he became interested in strongman training, his World Records, and also performs a few stunts for (and on) Mike.
This may get a little dangerous…
Show Notes
FAQs
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What is a contingency fee and why does it matter for injury victims?
Don Cummings says that under the contingency fee system, the firm doesn’t get paid if it doesn’t win; if it wins, it gets part of what it recovers. He says this gives clients access to the courthouse: without it, only businesses and corporations that can pay a lawyer $500 an hour could file lawsuits, and the everyday family person could not afford it.
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What made Don Cummings get into strongman training?
Cummings describes himself as an old-time strongman, after the early-1900s performers who bent steel with their bare hands and tore cards to entertain people. He says he saw that, tried it out, and became absolutely addicted to steel bending.
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What world records has Don Cummings set?
Cummings says he has set three world records in the last year. The first, last December at a steel bending competition in Ohio, was for bending the most pairs of taped-together 60-penny nails in two minutes: he bent 17 pairs, beating the previous record of 16 held by a steel bender from England whom he calls one of the best of all time.
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How much force does it take to bend a 60-penny nail?
Cummings says steel can be rated by hanging weights off it until it bends, and 60-penny nails, which are six-inch nails, normally take about 300 pounds of force. He says bending one is kind of a gateway: once you can do it, other strongmen consider you part of the group.
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Does every Michigan personal injury lawyer charge no fee unless they win?
Mike Morse says some TV lawyers make no fee unless they win sound like a massive benefit, but in his opinion every personal injury lawyer in Michigan charges that way, since he doesn’t know of one lawyer in the state who charges by the hour, and people wouldn’t be able to afford it. Don Cummings agrees that it is the standard.
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