So law firms typically come up with a fixed fee that guarantees them more profit under
the fixed fee approach than they would get under the traditional hourly system.
Not exact matches
There's a strong case to be made that an active
approach has a better track - record in
fixed income management, particularly if its
fees are not substantially higher than an index strategy.
The firm
approaches clients aggressively about
fixed fees and the partnership it requires.
Our
approach takes away that anxiety by introducing the
fixed fee payment model to patent applications.
Some are also taking steps to re-tool their practices to better meet the express needs of clients, using new
approaches and tools that include unbundled services, assisted self - representation,
fixed fee retainers and more.
Led by the Association of Corporate Counsel's «ACC Value Challenge,» corporate America is increasingly demanding that their outside law firms abandon the entrenched, historic, «cost - plus,» «billable hour» economic pricing model in favor of «Alternative
Fee Arrangements» («AFAs») and other «value billing» approaches (e.g., non-hourly pricing arrangements such as «fixed fee,» «contingency,» or «hybrid» fee arrangement
Fee Arrangements» («AFAs») and other «value billing»
approaches (e.g., non-hourly pricing arrangements such as «
fixed fee,» «contingency,» or «hybrid» fee arrangement
fee,» «contingency,» or «hybrid»
fee arrangement
fee arrangements).
While many practitioners will continue to work on a largely or wholly retainer / billable - hours arrangement, more and more lawyers will be asked by their clients to consider either coaching, unbundled services,
fixed -
fee services, or a combination of these
approaches.
The key point here is that although the Exigent system is not necessarily using the latest NLP AI technology itself, the focus on a data - led
approach to help standardise costs and, most likely, help companies set
fixed fees for process work, in turn helps support the growth of a more «industrial»
approach to legal services.
Uniquely, Slipakoff offers clients creative and flexible
approaches to billing, such as monthly retainers,
fixed project
fees, or a blend of these
approaches with traditional hourly billing.
We will provide certainty on the costs that you will incur and, where appropriate, offer a flexible
approach to costs and / or
fixed fees so that we fit with your budget.
The answer to
fixed fee legal services is in taking a legal project management
approach.
Bart Showalter, the partner at Baker Botts who leads that effort for us, said the
fixed fee scared them at first, but over time they developed a systematic
approach to the work, and as he put it, «the system made us more efficient.»
That's because, unlike the
fixed -
fee approach, the new
approach ties costs to the amount of value subscribers receive.