Category Archives: Billing

Value-Fee Agreements – Issues for Legal Consumers and Attorneys to Consider

Posted on November 9, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

Patrick J. Lamb posted an article on the Legal Rebels’ section of the abajournal.com website on November 7, 2012 titled: Prepping a Value-Fee Engagement Letter? Consider These 13 Issues First. He is a founding member of Valorem Law Group, author of Alternative Fee Arrangements: Value … Continue reading →

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“Reality Check for Law Firms” – A Panel Discussion

Posted on November 3, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

Last week, Legal Marketing Association held a panel discussion entitled “Reality Check for Law Firms,” during which in-house counsel from MetLife, Elizabeth Arden Inc., and Coby Electronics Corporation “dished on the good, the bad, and the ugly of doing business … Continue reading →

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Attorney Disbarred for Fee Ultimatum to Clients

Posted on September 21, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

The New Hampshire Supreme Court disbarred an attorney this week for giving an ultimatum to his clients in February of 2006: agree to his $2 million fee or he would not represent them in the mediation taking place that same … Continue reading →

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Caveat Emptor – Corporate Clients Need to Beware, Too

Posted on August 31, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

A corporate client filed a legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit on August 27, 2012 against the law firm and attorneys representing it in several securities class action litigations.  The lawsuit includes allegations that the firm and attorneys … Continue reading →

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Scott Turow Weighs In: The Billable Hour Must Die

Posted on August 14, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

Notable author, Scott Turow, wrote the cover article for the August 2007 issue of the ABA Journal, titled The Billable Hour Must Die: It rewards inefficiency. It makes clients suspicious. And it may be unethical.     Interestingly, The Billable Hour Must Die has … Continue reading →

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Caveat Emptor – Legal Buyer Beware

Posted on July 27, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

In December 2011, Debra Cassens Weiss posted an article on the ABA Journal website titled Suit by Fired Lawyer Claims Law Firm Encouraged Fraud with 3000-Hour Billable Quota.  The article reported on a California lawyer’s employment bias law suit alleging he … Continue reading →

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Why Do So Many Lawyers False Bill?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

Perhaps many lawyers false bill because they can get away with it.  Padding billable time, for example, has become so common that many lawyers don’t even consider it improper. Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral … Continue reading →

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Billing Fraud: Past, Present . . . and Future?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by The Legal Reformer

Now that LPR has been established, we are receiving information from interested people about issues legal consumers face.  One such person sent us a link to an article published in 1999, written by Catholic University law professor Lisa Lerman, titled Blue-Chip … Continue reading →

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