Sentences with phrase «spent drafting documents»

They've billed for hours spent drafting documents and handling basic steps in a familiar legal process.

Hiring an attorney to represent you in court can be very expensive, especially if the case goes to trial — all the hours the attorney spends preparing, all the hours spent drafting documents and filing them with the court, all the time spent in the court room.

Not exact matches

The document drafted by civil servants also says that «ineffective spending» must be «closed down».

California school districts are in the process of drafting plans detailing how they intend to spend state education dollars and, so far, most of the documents are dense with education jargon, acronyms and legalese.

Countless late nights in the university library and years spent researching and drafting documents as a trainee have finally accumulated to the point many strive for — that first job as a qualified legal professional.

Litigation dollars are easily ten times the amount of dollars spent on drafting documents: use your legal fees wisely, plan ahead.

Also, lawyers are not going to do pro or low bono those long cases that spend a year or two in courts, involve may interlocutory proceedings and meetings, and the drafting of many documents for those proceedings and meetings.

Having a lawyer draft documents without first spending the time and resources necessary to create a solid franchise strategy is a classic mistake many new franchisers make.

Lawyers will so often stick to the letter and miss the substance... most of them spend their working lives drafting some sort of document or another — trying to see whether it covers this contingency or that.

A recent paper (to be published) to the International Legal Aid Group conference in June 2017 set out the approach of the Legal Aid Board of South Africa — which is a deliverer of services as well as a funder — to building up automated document generation in a standard form throughout the whole of the organisation: «The generation of automated documents for legal process was identified as a tool that can minimise the time spent on drafting documents and effectively free up time for legal practitioners to attend to more complex legal work.»

Sure, you spent two hours reviewing discovery documents or six hours preparing for the deposition of the plaintiff or four hours drafting and revising the purchase agreement — but what did you accomplish?

Of course, much of the time and work in being a lawyer is spent in drafting, reviewing, and managing documents; being able to quickly and easily prepare, automate, retrieve, and manage documents is a proven time saver.

She spends her time drafting real estate transaction documents — usually from forms — and helping people understand the process.

If you're spending too much time on emails rather than substantive work, you can adjust your practice and set aside 1 hour a day to manage emails and make sure you spend the rest drafting documents instead.

Stephen spent a period on secondment in a property department of a large law firm where he advised on various commercial and non-contentious matters including drafting and review of contract documents.

It simplifies document drafting and customization so you can spend more time where it matters most — with your clients.

Document reviewers spend too much time plodding through multiple overlapping emails and nearly identical draft documents.

It'll take you many hours and days just to learn how to complete these tasks, aside from the hours you'll spend drafting and implementing the legal incorporation documents.

The ISBA has put a great deal of effort into expanding the content of IllinoisBarDocs to make its members more effective and productive, allowing them to spend more time with clients and less time drafting legal documents.»

In addition to the typical work of a litigator — propagating and responding to discovery requests, taking and defending depositions, drafting documents for the court, engaging in legal research, and so on — patent litigators spend a lot of time looking at prior technology (called «prior art») and working with technical experts.

Fees for drafting of documents is based on time spent, charged at 6 - minute intervals.

These fees will be charged for all mediation sessions (except the initial consultation), time spent on reviewing and drafting documents, telephone consultations, e-mails, and consultations by the mediator with your divorce attorneys or other advisors in the process.