Blue Hill found in their 2014 report «Calculating the Value of Legal Research» that the typical litigation associate in the United States spends an average of «743.6 hours a year
completing legal research, 26 % of which is written off as
unbilled or unpaid by clients.»
Estimates to
Complete, Unallowable Costs, Recognition of
Unbilled Revenue, Labor Hour Transfers, Job Close - out Procedure, and Advance Start.