For example, you may not have enough money to pay a retainer in
an hourly fee case.
The administrator contended that law firms hiring the departing lawyers had to pay profits generated by the pending
hourly fee cases.
A federal judge had ruled that Heller had no property interest in pending
hourly fees cases, so there could be no fraudulent transfer.
The dissolution plan included a provision purporting to waive any claim to legal fees generated in
hourly fee cases after lawyers leave the firm.
Not exact matches
All such
cases are welcomed, regardless of the day or the hour, and appropriate time is devoted to the care of these patients.Other projects are possible, and
fees will be based upon
hourly rates.
In many
cases, our
fee agreements are hybrid arrangements that combine a substantially reduced
hourly rate with a contingent payment tied to the outcome in the
case.
We offer
hourly and contingency
fees depending on the type of
case.
«At least if I go
hourly and the
case settles early, I won't have to pay the full
fee.»
These standards may apply to the number of
cases handled,
hourly rates, revenue produced and the number of
fee - producing hours that may be devoted to client work.
I asked their take on a conversation I had recently with a client where the client complained that the alternative
fees being offered to him were higher than he expected to pay under the
hourly system if the
case had gone to trial.
However, in that
case you should recognize the time value of money in setting
hourly rates and
fees.
We offer
hourly, flat and contingency
fee agreements depending on the
case and accept payment by cash, credit card or check.
In some
cases, the lawyer can set an exact
fee; in others, the attorney may charge on an
hourly basis or on a contingency
fee basis.
-- authored by Circuit Judge Hurwitz [majority decision] and concurring opinion by Circuit Judge Reinhardt; discussed in our Oct. 10, 2015 post: District court in Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
case which substantially reduced
fee request was reversed based upon its reliance on inapt practice area
hourly rates, upon its discounts for plaintiff's attorneys not delegating tasks to associates given that only small firms prosecuted these type of
cases, and upon its use of stale prior
fee awards involving
fee claimant's attorneys.
In a recent British Columbia
case, an appeal court struck down a law firm's bill because the client hadn't been advised that the firm planned to bill what it considered was a «fair»
fee for the work it performed, not simply its
hourly rate.
There is a substantial body of
case law that requires attorney
fee awards pursuant to statutes or
fee shifting agreements in contracts to be calculated based on an
hourly fee.
A contingency
fee means that the attorney agrees to take on the
case without charging any up front or
hourly fee.
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.
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.
The dissolved Heller Ehrman law firm isn't entitled to claw back
hourly fees charged in pending
cases after departing partners jumped to new law firms, according to the California Supreme...
I've always charged flat
fees for criminal defense files, while civil
cases were billed either
hourly or on a contingency
fee basis.
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.
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.
Since the court looks at the same factors in every divorce
case, what is the point in paying expensive
hourly fees
While a
case may have
fees and costs associated with it, there is no
hourly fee charged by the firm.
Fee Arrangement: Unlike most New Jersey commercial litigation law firms, we are creative on our fee arrangements, and we often take commercial litigation cases on partial contingency basis / partial hourly bas
Fee Arrangement: Unlike most New Jersey commercial litigation law firms, we are creative on our
fee arrangements, and we often take commercial litigation cases on partial contingency basis / partial hourly bas
fee arrangements, and we often take commercial litigation
cases on partial contingency basis / partial
hourly basis.
Professor Martin Chalkley has been analysing complex LSC data for this process as the Bar strives to find a scheme which allows the ablest barristers to undertake these difficult
cases; on a
fee basis which does not contain what the Bar describes as «perverse incentives» and not on an
hourly rate; and which delivers within budget.
Picking up on last week's discussions (here), Elefant compares
hourly rates for attorneys who take
fee - shifting
cases to rates for court - appointed defenders — and extracts more advice for solos.
We offer alternate
fee arrangements for certain types of
cases, however, most
cases require a retainer deposit and our time is charged
hourly.
This is particularly true when compared with the
hourly fee billed in other kinds of
cases.
In huge
cases lawyers of course want the percentage
fee, but in run of the mill complex trial
cases, the
hourly is much bigger.
The argument at the Supreme Court involves only one issue that concerns us and that is should a Plaintiff's lawyer be entitled to get the 40 %
fees under the offer statute, which in this
case totals around $ 43,000 or the $ 93,000 that
hourly would have totaled.
I may also charge an
hourly fee, depending on the complexity of the
case.
Find out whether they charge an
hourly rate or a contingent
fee of a certain percentage once the
case is over.
Matrimonial matters, civil files, and other types of litigation may be structured on an
hourly rate, contingency basis, or block
fee, depending on the nature of the
case.
Fixed
fees, as opposed to billing you on an
hourly basis, allow you to have some certainty about how much you will have to spend on your
case.
While a
case may have
fees and costs associated with it, there is no
hourly or flat
fee charged by the firm.
We handle civil defense and business law
cases on a retainer or
hourly fee basis.
We pioneered the concept of the «blended
hourly - contingent
fee» for business
cases when the law firm offered this option to a client in 2006 (the corporation is still a client).
In reality, a specialty attorney will spend less hours doing research on the
case than a general lawyer, reducing their
hourly fee.
Instead, he or she provides focused services at a fixed
fee or an
hourly rate to help you prepare for your
case in the areas where you want help.
Most attorneys charge an
hourly fee for their work on a
case, so the more work they do, the higher the cost.
The attorney agrees to take on the
case without being paid upfront or charging an
hourly fee.
All you need to know is how much you want to sue for and whether your attorney charges a flat
fee or an
hourly fee that accumulates throughout the
case.
If the objective is to keep liability down in defending
cases, a bonus with discounted
hourly rates can create the same incentives for a defendant that a hybrid contingent
fee creates for plaintiffs.
Finally, an
hourly fee requires a client to pay for legal services based on the amount of time a lawyer spends on a
case.
While other lawyers for disability
cases may charge upfront or
hourly fees, our firm will see your
case on a contingency denial basis, financing your claim until it is successfully resolved.
We provide representation under a variety of
fee structures, including reasonable
hourly fee arrangements, contingency
fee agreements in appropriate
cases, and hybrid or mixed
hourly and contingency
fee structures.
A written attorney
fee agreement that specifies only
hourly rates but is not ambiguous can not be modified by evidence that the parties agreed orally to cap the
fees, the Texas Supreme Court held in a Houston lawyer's almost decade - old
case against a former client.
When you partner with Neinstein, we agree to finance hospital negligence claims at no
hourly or upfront cost to you, and you will never pay legal
fees until your
case is successfully resolved.