Hourly Billing
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Billable Hours, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Figuring Out Your Small-Firm Billing Philosophy
In a small firm, you have to use your judgment as to what's billable and what's not. -
Money, Paul Clement, Small Law Firms
Federal Judge Says Paul Clement Isn't Special Enough To Command Insane Hourly Rates
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: 5 Tips For Dealing With Billing Guidelines
You want to get paid, and for the client to think you are a great lawyer -- so follow this simple advice, from boutique-firm columnist Gaston Kroub.
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: In Defense Of The Billable Hour
Should the billable hour really be vilified as something that rewards inefficiency and incompetence, or is it a benchmark with which to judge performance, or is it both? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Technology
Creative Billing: Biglaw’s Perennial Profit Engine
Anonymous Partner wonders: Is the Biglaw problem of padding bills getting worse, not better? -
Banking Law, Bar Exams, Biglaw, Crime, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Trials
Morning Docket: 11.15.13
* Despite the fact that the overall demand for legal work was down by five percent during the first nine months of the year, law firms still raised their hourly rates. Hey, what can we say? Math is hard. [Am Law Daily] * After instructing his lawyers not to speak during what he called a “sham sentencing,” Whitey Bulger received two life sentences plus five years. Don’t worry, the appeal won’t be a sham. [National Law Journal; CNN] * Attention c/o 2015: the New York City Bar Task Force is considering throwing commercial paper out the window in favor of administrative law. Something something arbitrary and capricious. [New York Law Journal] * What is law school for, aside from collecting gigantic mountains of non-dischargeable student loan debt? Apparently it’s for creating a more meaningful life, because with poverty comes clarity. [WSJ Law Blog] * In the very near future, you might need a license to conduct business with virtual money like bitcoin. The Brothers Winklevii are probably already preparing their paperwork to file. [DealBook / New York Times] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Small Law Firms
7 More Ways To Pass The Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven more ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Small Law Firms
7 Ways To Kill Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven recommended ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time. - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
On The Value Of 'Wasting' Time
Are you in law firm management? If so, you may need to rethink your conception of "wasted" time. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Partner Issues, Practice Pointers
The Hunger Games: Partners v. Associates
When billable work is scarce, who should get priority, partners or associates? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
On Elephantine Mating And Alternative Fees
What's the similarity between discussions about alternative fee agreements and elephantine mating? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Skin in the Game: Mixed Hourly and Contingent Fee Billing
Keeping your client invested in the litigation makes for a better relationship. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Money, Quote of the Day
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: An Interview with an In-House Insider (Part 4)
What can Biglaw firms learn from their corporate clients about managing and developing human resources? What improvements do in-house lawyers want to see from their outside counsel? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Buying In: An Interview with an In-House Insider (Part 3)
What criteria do in-house counsel use to determine if a firm is delivering value to their company? Why have clients drawn such a line in the sand when it comes to paying for associate time? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
New Data on Hours, Billing Rates, and Corporate Legal Spending
Here's some encouraging news for large law firms and the lawyers who work in them. In-house readers, however, may be less enthused. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Buying In: An Interview with an In-House Insider (Part 1)
The Anonymous Partner has a candid conversation with an In-House Insider about clients' feelings towards their law firms. -
2nd Circuit, Bar Exams, Barack Obama, Billable Hours, California, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Police, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 01.04.13
* According to the Second Circuit, the long arm of the law doesn’t extend to the middle finger. You can’t just go around arresting dudes for flipping you the bird. [U.S. Second Circuit / FindLaw] * President Obama jetted off to Hawaii before he could sign the fiscal cliff bill, so he ordered it be signed by autopen. Of course, people are losing their minds over it. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Should we scrap the Constitution? Georgetown Law professor Louis Seidman continues to advocate for constitutional disobedience in this epic ConLaw throwdown. [HuffPost Live] * Don’t celebrate your increase in California bar passage points yet. The state bar changed its tune, and a 40% pass rate is the new standard. That shouldn’t be hard, eh TJSL? [California Bar Journal] * One of our former columnists, Jay Shepherd, has a great way to calculate what your actual hourly rate should be, if you don’t mind working for just pennies a day. Most lawyers would mind. [jayshep] * For the love of God, even Gawker knows that going to law school these days is a fool’s errand, or in their own words: “IT’S A SUCKER’S BET. A CLEAR SUCKER’S BET.” Come on, stop being suckers. :( [Gawker] * If you’d like to hear Dean Lawrence Mitchell of NYT op-ed fame sound off on why there isn’t a lawyer oversupply problem, and why it isn’t his job to get law students jobs, we’ve got a video for you to watch…. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Reader Polls
The Hours Open Thread: How Much Did You Bill In 2012?
Was 2012 a 'normal' year for billable hours, or did the election push you one way or another? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Legal Fee Voyeurism, Locke Lord, Money, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: But How Much Do They Charge?
Which firms had the highest billing rates in 2012? Which had the lowest? Click here to find out!