This ensures we aren't getting sidetracked, and evens out the disparity created by
flat fee cases that often require more time.
Our system didn't account for
flat fee cases in that total.
On the one hand, it made
any flat fee cases we brought in beyond our goal icing on the cake.
About 75 % of my practice is contingency based, and the remaining 25 % falls into two categories: flat fee and retainer — with most of those being
flat fee cases / services.
I also track all my time in
my flat fee cases.
One advantage of using the CosmoLex law office billing program is that you can still track hours and expenses as unbillable even on
flat fee cases so you can determine if you are charging an appropriate rate.
On the other hand, if we brought in
a flat fee case and spent most of our time that month on the case, the billable numbers would be artificially skewed.
Even in
a flat fee case, it is theoretically possible for fees to remain unearned at the conclusion of the matter, and thus the lawyer would need to return them but has no access to them.
Not exact matches
In some
cases, services can be outsourced for a
flat monthly
fee as well.
In this
case index funds, with their objective diversification, minimal management
fees, instantaneous liquidity and
flat returns over the last decade have trounced venture with its negative returns, narrow diversification, high management
fees and illiquidity over the same time period.
Shops have the rate cards just in
case customers — after agreeing to a quoted
flat fee — suddenly want to add new bells and whistles to their sites.
In addition to «
flat -
fee - only» and «
fee - offset» models, the SunAmerica Advisory Opinion provides that asset allocation services offered to participants (involving advice and even discretionary management) that are the product of a computer model developed and overseen by an independent financial expert, and subject to certain additional conditions, would allow a service provider (the broker - dealer, in this
case) to avoid PTs when receiving variable / indirect compensation from its platform of investment offerings.
The government is considering plans to charge motorists according to how far as well as where and when they drive, rather than a
flat road tax
fee as is currently the
case.
Shipping is a
flat fee of $ 10 unless you spend $ 75, in which
case it's free.
In some
cases, we may offer Premium Features for a
flat, one - time
fee.
The website is very nice I would have rather pay one
flat fee then having to pay a certain amount each time just to speak to someone or read messages for this
case I can go to another website and pay a
flat fee then being nickeled and dime here
You and your Producer can agree to a Pay for Production
Fee (a one - time flat fee) or a Royalty Share Deal (in which case your Producer won't earn money up front, but will instead share in the proceeds from the sale of your audiobook 50 - 5
Fee (a one - time
flat fee) or a Royalty Share Deal (in which case your Producer won't earn money up front, but will instead share in the proceeds from the sale of your audiobook 50 - 5
fee) or a Royalty Share Deal (in which
case your Producer won't earn money up front, but will instead share in the proceeds from the sale of your audiobook 50 - 50).
Payday loan carry high interest rate, in fact, the interest rate is turned in this
case into a
flat and single
fee, usually calculated every $ 100.
Other times, especially in the
case of a discount or on - line broker, the commission may be a
flat fee.
Even if you choose the simplest
case of a taxable account that charges a
flat fee for each trade, the percentage cost for rebalancing a $ 100,000 portfolio will be much higher than the percentage cost for rebalancing a $ 1,000,000 portfolio.
The enrollment
fee is a «
flat fee» that will NEVER exceed $ 700, but in most
cases, it is less than this amount.
In the
case of a cash withdrawal from an ATM, the
fee will reduced from a rate of $ 5 + 2.5 % of the transaction value, to a
flat $ 5 per transaction.
In most
cases, a $ 10 entry
fee is not going to cover a dozen
flat screens, even if players did bring their consoles from home.
There's nothing wrong with $ 150 per hour for a new lawyer handling civil litigation, or 30 % contingency on a personal injury
case, or a $ 500
flat fee to handle a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
When I started my own law practice, I made the decision to eschew the billable hour in favor of
flat -
fee pricing for most
cases.
Real information about my
fees, including examples of
flat fees for common types of
cases I handle
The Supreme Court of Kansas issued an opinion disciplining an attorney who failed to track his time, even though the
case was a
flat -
fee case.
For Cravath, this means charging
flat fees to handle
cases, often with «success
fees» for extraordinary results.
The process of ending a marriage is usually pretty consistent, making many divorce and custody
cases well suited for
flat -
fee billing.
All clients are charged a
flat case -
fee to open a
case, generally under $ 500.00.
We offer hourly,
flat and contingency
fee agreements depending on the
case and accept payment by cash, credit card or check.
With criminal
cases, pretty much everything is handled by a
flat fee up front.
MyCase can even be used to track non-billable entries to monitor the performance and efficiency of your firm's
flat fee and pro bono
cases.
I would set an hourly rate that was sufficient to cover those costs, or I would charge a
flat fee sufficient to cover those costs and I would not nickel and dime, or in this
case hundreds of dollars, on the clients because I realize clients are sensitive to that.
For example, do you estimate how many hours a
case will take and just come up with a
flat fee?
He explained to me that «you win some, you lose some,» with
flat fees — meaning that sometimes you end up with a crazy high hourly rate at the conclusion of the
case, and other times you end up working for a pittance.
Since debt collection defense
cases generally involve similar issues, I can determine the average amount of time it will take me, and I set my
flat fee rates accordingly.
I've always charged
flat fees for criminal defense files, while civil
cases were billed either hourly or on a contingency
fee basis.
The typical alternative to the billable hour model is where a piece of work, say a slip and fall
case, is billed by by the lawyer on a
flat fee instead of by the hour.
But since that predicted value has traditionally been so hard to determine (and defense lawyers will often up the value to justify more billable hours spent on the matter), the industry is left really with no better model than something based on the actual billable hours whether that be the actual amount or some predicted amount in the
case of a
flat fee.
In situations where an attorney charges a
flat rate
fee or by - the - hour, they do not have as much motivation as when their payment is dependent on the success of the
case.
Mark suggests the following guidelines when setting a
flat fee, and offers in depth explanations for each recommendation in the article: 1) know your costs; 2) data mine your files; and 3) determine the best - and worst -
case scenarios.
Flat - fee rates: When you come into my office for your free consultation, I will complete a thorough evaluation of your case and quote you a one - time, flat - fee retainer, which includes any work performed by my criminal investiga
Flat -
fee rates: When you come into my office for your free consultation, I will complete a thorough evaluation of your
case and quote you a one - time,
flat - fee retainer, which includes any work performed by my criminal investiga
flat -
fee retainer, which includes any work performed by my criminal investigator.
Second, they give you a free consultation and quote you a
flat fee up front to handle the
case beginning to end.
Jacoby & Meyers» innovations include being the first U.S. law firm to advertise on television, accepting credit card payments, charging
flat fees and using computer systems to track
cases.
If you have
flat -
fee cases, you can schedule client payments for any dollar amount and any period of time, and invoices will be automatically generated detail the amount currently due, the total due and the payment history.
For example, I send carefully drafted invoices to my clients listing either 1) the deliverables promised under our
flat fee agreement, or 2) monthly invoices detailing the hourly work I performed on a
case.
We used to charge a
flat fee for some
cases, which included everything up to the pre-trial stage.
You might have a
flat, standard hourly
fee that you charge for
case evaluations because looking at a new
case that you are unfamiliar with requires you to start from scratch.
We still offer to handle those
cases on a
flat fee, but the retainer is higher now.