The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
1 Most traffic tickets cases are settled without a trial, but if your case does go to trial, paying for testing and testimony by expert witnesses to refute the state's evidence can add $2,000-$5,000 or more to the total cost. In these cases, most attorneys charge a flat fee rather an hourly rate, and many lawyers accept traffic citation work by mail. 2  Attorney fees quickly jump to $900-$2,000 or more to contest a speeding ticket and can run $2,000-$5,000 and up for a more complex traffic case that goes to trial.