How to Determine a Fair Fixed Rate for Legal Billing

Trialtips latest post “How the Billable Hour was set…” posted January 2, 2010 helps clients understand how the billable hour was constructed and how to convert the hourly rate to a fair and affordable fixed fee bill on client legal matters.

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Recommended Reading

Through The Client’s Eyes, Henry W. Ewalt and Andrew W. Ewalt, American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, 3d. Ed., 2008. “In the eyes of a client, a lawyer’s brilliance comes from attention to detail. Forget not, the most important detail is the client.” P. 352.

The Man to See: Edward Bennett Williams, Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer, Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster, 1991. “I defend my clients against legal guilt. Moral judgments I leave to the majestic vengeance of God.” Edward Bennett Williams.

Lend Me Your Ears, Great Speeches In History, William Safire, The Cobbett Corporation, 1992. “Friends, readers, students of rhetoric, would-be orators: What a feast we have in store.” William Safire.

McElhaney’s Trial Notebook, James W. McElhaney, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, 4th Ed., 2005. “There’s more to getting a case ready for trial besides documents, demonstrative evidence, and witness availability.” McElhaney, p. 136.

American Bar Association, Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility, 6th ed. http://www.abanet.org/cpr.

Presenting to Win, The Art of Telling Your Story, Jerry Weissman, Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.

Making Money Talk, How to Mediate Insured Claims and Other Monetary Disputes, J.Anderson Little, American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, 2007. “The majority of civil lawsuits, whether they are state or federal claims, will be settled through the payment of money. The currency of settlement in these cases is cash, and civil trial court mediators must come to grips with this fundamental reality.” P. 10.

Side Impact, Highlights From Moseley v. General Motors, American Lawyer Media, L.P., S. Richard Gard Jr., Editor, 1993. Chapter 14, Why GM Lost, “…in large part, from the company’s own conduct and its inability to explain that conduct to the jury….[t]he GM outside lawyers originally assigned to lead the case…suffered some embarrassing setbacks during discovery and were replaced….GM general counsel…waited until the 11th hour before bringing in [new defense counsel] to handle the trial, leaving little time for preparation.” Pp. 314-316.

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