Although a preliminary report and working group assessed whether criminal and family matters should be included in contingency fees, the explicit exclusion of both was considered a necessary safeguard for the introduction of
this type of billing arrangement.
Not exact matches
If you elect to have us
bill your credit card, you will need to make
arrangements via telephone by providing us the
type of credit card, the name as it appears on the card, the number, and your verbal authorization to charge the needed amount to your card.
The
Bill also amends the definition
of law firm to include any «joint
arrangement or legal entity that provides legal services» and adds a new section that authorizes the regulation
of law firms as entities and permits the benchers to make rules that ``... permit and regulate different
types of arrangements to provide legal services, including
arrangements between lawyers and between lawyers and non-lawyers, and that establish conditions and requirements for the
arrangements.»
The
type of legal work performed for your clients, the nature
of your client base, the competitive environment in which your firm practices and the client's perception
of the value
of the legal work performed will be critical factors in determining whether your firm should volunteer or react to external pressures for alternative
billing arrangements from your clients or as the result
of competitive pressures created by other law firms.
One company's founder even
bills herself as the «Fairy Godmother
of Divorce» These
types of financing
arrangements could provide some fairness in hotly contested divorce cases when one side maintains control
of bank accounts and assets during the litigation and therefore has the ability to hire lawyers, while the other side may get locked out
of accessing financial assets before the divorce papers are even filed with the court.
The
type of legal work performed for your clients, the nature
of your client base, the competitive environment in which your firm practices and the client's perception
of the value
of the legal work performed will be critical factors in determining (a) whether your firm should volunteer or (b) react to external pressures for alternative
billing arrangements from your clients or as the result
of competitive pressures created by other law firms.
Your partner's responses to the following questions will offer valuable insight about the firm's willingness and ability to «accept and live with» one or more
types of alternative
billing arrangements.
Once profitability by matter can be calculated, profitability for many other sub-units — such as by client, practice area,
type of work,
type of fee
arrangement,
billing partner and supervising partner — can be calculated simply by aggregating profits for the matters comprising the relevant sub-unit.
For example, matters can be associated with a practice area,
type of work,
type of fee
arrangement, client,
billing partner or supervising partner.
Your partners» responses to the following questions will offer valuable insight about the firm's willingness and ability to «accept and live with» one or more
types of alternative
billing arrangements.
The
type of legal work performed for your clients, the nature
of your client base, the competitive environment in which your firm practices and the client's perception
of the value
of the legal work performed will be critical factors in determining two things: Whether your firm should volunteer; or React to external pressures for alternative
billing arrangements from your clients or as the result
of competitive pressures created by other firms.
In Session 9,
Bill Eddy explains various
types of custody and parenting time
arrangements that are in the best interests
of the children, and helps you determine whether to request supervised visits or not.