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Merry Christmas: Remit Payment Upon Receipt

December 25, 2014 by Gregory Luce 2 Comments

Enclosed for your convenience please find an invoice for services rendered through December 25, 2011

Filed Under: Featured Lawyer, Infographlike Substances, Lawyer Tagged With: billables, billing, christmas, Featured

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Pay My Damn Invoice!

March 25, 2013 by Han Bitter Solo 4 Comments

Why do clients believe their attorney’s billing is optional? No, that is not the beginning of some bad joke – its an honest question. If you get your oil changed at the mechanic you have no problem paying. Need  your A/C fixed, pull out that check book. Going to update your kitchen? Here is the…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: billing, client, collection, das12, invoice, pay

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How I Worked for Nine Hours and Billed for Five

April 19, 2012 by Gregory D. Luce 3 Comments

What a lawyer does to work for five hours and bill for nine. Or work for nine hours and bill for five.

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: billable hour, billing

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Entrenchment

August 15, 2011 by Albert Wang 8 Comments

Billing in BigLaw sometimes requires extreme measures. (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, billables, billing

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From the Archives: Eight Billable Hour Scams

June 13, 2011 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

Most lawyers have a love-hate relationship with the billable hour. Clients probably do, too, and PhilaLawyer points out eight good reasons why. Eight Billable Hour Scams

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: billing, From the Archives, timekeeping

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Eight Billable Hour Scams

February 19, 2009 by PhilaLawyer 22 Comments

No one likes this shit. It’s offensive, backhanded and creepy. And what’s its root cause? The billable hour.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: billable hour, billing, timekeeping

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Padding Hours: If I Did It

January 21, 2009 by Matthew Richardson 33 Comments

Is it illegal to overbill? According to the “law,” yes. Is it unethical? According the ABA “code of ethics,” yes.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: billing, overbilling, Unethical & Amoral

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