re: Life as a Lawyer Advice Needed

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but I was paying $225-250 or more for many years.

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You weren't guaranteeing that lawyer thousands of billables every year. Those rates are below market due to the agreement for guaranteed work.

I have it on good authority a few of the family law attorneys here are charging around $500/hour, so I imagine the top ones in BR/Nola are over $600 and maybe approaching $750. You will pay more for non-volume insurance defense work, but even a whale of a divorce client likely won't top out at more than $100k and you don't get them all the time.

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I don’t know how paralegal billing works, but I’m damn positive most of these small town firms have no issue with paralegals doing huge amounts of work, a 5 min lawyer overview and signature, and billing at the legal rate. Items like basic paperwork and what not.

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Probably more true than most attorneys would like to admit (for ethical reasons).