Sentences with phrase «amount of the work involves legal»
This week's Legal Week contains an interesting account by a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Thorpe on what it's like to clerk in the English courts — not surprisingly a fair amount of the work involves legal research.
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In New York, Robins has found, «The court expects the lawyers to do the same amount of legal work whether the case involves a $ 5,000 consumer credit card debt or a $ 1,000,000 Chapter 11 [business bankruptcy] turnover action.»
On page 5 of the contract, Simpson estimates that the work, which will take place over a six - month period, will involve 564 hours of partner time, 1,692 hours of associate time and 376 hours for of counsel work, for a total of 1,632 lawyer hours that, spread over the $ 300,000 budget, amounts to an average lawyer rate of $ 113.98 an hour (there are also 1,128 hours allocated for legal assistants, which I didn't include in my calculation).