By hiring trained laterals, these firms may bill
clients at hourly rates that allow immediate or short - term payback and contribution to firm profit.
By hiring trained laterals, these firms may bill
clients at hourly rates that allow immediate or short term payback and contribution to firm profit.
Not exact matches
This Entrepreneur contributor also rejected bad
clients, set his own
hourly rates and worked
at something he loved.
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Hourly Fee / Retainer: This is the most traditional type of attorney - client fee arrangement and involves paying for the attorney's time at that attorney's hourly
Hourly Fee / Retainer: This is the most traditional type of attorney -
client fee arrangement and involves paying for the attorney's time
at that attorney's
hourlyhourly rate.
I offer them (and my other non-profit
clients, in fact) an
hourly rate that is discounted
at 25 % less than my for - profit
hourly rate.
Private
clients normally pay
hourly rates starting
at $ 30, but they can also go all the way up to $ 150 per hour.
A
client is paying a consultant
at an
hourly rate to produce a report.
«A lot of my
clients are farmers and owners / operators of businesses in Windsor and would never in their life hire a lawyer
at $ 750 an hour or any
hourly rate like that and don't see why they should be obligated to pay those kinds of fees just because they're in a bit of a financial bind.»
You are wasting your time and the
client» smoney if you or others
at your firmare consistently doingtasks that lawyers with a lower
hourly rate or staff can complete.
At least with the billable hour and forcing firms to give estimates,
clients get some protection, as they do with «incentive» systems, where a firm, for example, charges a lower
hourly rate up front and agrees to take a bonus for success.
Our
clients appreciate the high quality intellectual property law services they receive
at substantially lower
hourly rates than those of our larger, national law firm competitors.
Junior Work Done
at Senior Billing
Rates In most firms, senior attorneys are billed out at higher hourly rates than junior attorneys, and clients want to see tasks being performed in the most efficient manner possible for them: if a $ 150 / hour associate can draft a client update in the same time and at roughly the same skill level as a $ 450 / hour partner, then the client will not want to pay three times the amount for the same re
Rates In most firms, senior attorneys are billed out
at higher
hourly rates than junior attorneys, and clients want to see tasks being performed in the most efficient manner possible for them: if a $ 150 / hour associate can draft a client update in the same time and at roughly the same skill level as a $ 450 / hour partner, then the client will not want to pay three times the amount for the same re
rates than junior attorneys, and
clients want to see tasks being performed in the most efficient manner possible for them: if a $ 150 / hour associate can draft a
client update in the same time and
at roughly the same skill level as a $ 450 / hour partner, then the
client will not want to pay three times the amount for the same result.
Simply set your
hourly rate per
client and this app calculates your total earnings
at the end of your work.
National legal research and writing expert Lisa Solomon takes the rationale a step further, arguing
at Legal Research and Writing Pro that firms should treat online legal research costs as ordinary overhead expenses, which are typically rolled into an
hourly rate or flat fee, rather than passed through to
clients as disbursements.
In addition to serving low - income
clients at a $ 125
hourly rate, the firm will do legal work for other parts of the university, including its high - tech innovation center.
This translates into enormous value for
clients: in some cases a QC can charge the same
hourly rate as a senior associate
at a City law firm.
I was billing
hourly at a good
rate, I had a
client who was willing to pay for me to pull out all the stops, and I felt like this was my big break into the world of busy, important litigators.
While all panelists agreed that profitability is most important, each gave different ideas of how to respond to requests for alternative fee arrangements, from fixed fees and discounted
hourly rates, to finding opportunities for the firm and their
client to «split the difference» when certain milestones are achieved
at greater - than - expected margins.
At the same time, millennials also won't receive the same mind - boggling
hourly rates that
clients formerly paid without batting an eye.
Cohen sees huge opportunity in the millions of potential
clients who need legal representation and can afford to pay for it, just not
at current
hourly rates.
a retainer contract lists current
hourly rates but also provides that the firm can increase those
rates as much as it wants,
at any point in the future without the
client's further consent
That said, family lawyers are increasingly looking
at ways to manage and reduce costs for family
clients, including fixed fees for procedural steps instead of
hourly rates and directing
clients to methods of resolving disputes outside of the overburdened court process such as mediation, collaborative law and arbitration.»
When The Wall Street Journal reported in August on lawyers whose
hourly fees had reached $ 1,000, a partner
at one New York firm described that
rate as «a possible vomit point for
clients.»
«None of this work will be billed
at hourly rates but rather will be competitively priced through fixed - fee arrangements that will vary depending on our
clients» requirements.»
Why isn't it like hiring a courier or a private investigator, where I don't get to bill them back out
at an
hourly rate, I get to charge the invoice through to the
client?
Almost without exception, the cohort of 210
clients who have used the prototype
at Family Law Partners, paid for their subsequent consultation
at an agreed
hourly rate rather than on a free interview or a fixed fee basis.
Some retainer agreements require
clients to be billed
at an
hourly rate.
Total fees under an
hourly rate system are frequently not limited by efficiencies, but rather by
client controls, the size and scope of the matter, the lawyer's desire to be reasonable or
at least not to alienate the
client, and competition among firms.
Although this is what most
clients choose, we will consider working on your case
at an
hourly rate if that is what you prefer.
Last summer, Howrey announced that all incoming first - year associates would enter into a two - year apprenticeship program designed to provide the newbie lawyers with extensive training before they move on to handling
client matters
at standard
hourly rates.
Periodic, incremental increases in a lawyer's regular
hourly billing
rates are generally permissible if such practice is communicated clearly to and accepted by the
client at the commencement of the
client - lawyer relationship and any periodic increases are reasonable under the circumstances.
Where the
hourly rate had been agreed and where the
client expressly agreed to pay for as many hours as the solicitor worked, or an agreement to pay a fixed sum, was made
at the outset, or where further work was only undertaken on condition that the
client agreed to pay outstanding invoices, there was consideration for the agreement and the
client could not resile from it.
Sadly, there was no study on how much
clients liked being billed
at two professionals»
hourly rates instead of just one's.
In my small practice, I tell
hourly rate clients at sign - up what I am not going to bill them for: travel time around town, speaking with them on the telephone (no matter who makes the call), or writing and reading emails or letters.
We work with our
client to establish their anticipated legal spend over the coming year and break that down into a monthly allocation which is charged
at a flat
hourly rate.
At Main Line Family Law Center,
clients are always subject to a flat fee
rate for all included services, rather than the private attorney
hourly rate system, so costs are contained and uncertainty of divorce is minimized.
Should Therapist be subpoenaed, or ordered by a court of law, to appear as a witness in an action involving
Client,
Client agrees to reimburse Therapist for any time spent for preparation, travel, or other time in which Therapist has made him / herself available for such an appearance
at Therapist's usual and customary
hourly rate of $ 90.00.