Comments on: Contract attorney rates, attorney billing rates, and lodestar

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By: Job Bulletin 8/2/2009 « Attorneys In Limbo

Job Bulletin 8/2/2009 « Attorneys In Limbo — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:49:16 +0000

[...] about the subject: a great analysis by Carolyn Elefant by clicking here and further analysis by clicking here. This week there was an article rocketing around the internet which was written by Cardozo Law [...]

By: The Marking Up of Contract Lawyer Costs - The Posse List

The Marking Up of Contract Lawyer Costs - The Posse List — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:55:27 +0000

[...] The practice of law firms marking up the cost of contract lawyers has been around for ages. See some of our previous posts about the subject: a great analysis by Carolyn Elefant by clicking here and further analysis by clicking here. [...]

By: Contract Attny

Contract Attny — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:52:40 +0000

My, aren’t we jaded.

As a contract attorney, I question why it shouldn’t “worry me” that I am paid $35 an hour and billed out at $300. Certainly when I was an associate I was also billed out much higher than I was paid, but it was less extreme – and I got health benefits, 401K, paid MCLE, paid bar dues, paid parking and all the other perks that go along with the misery of firm life.

I still have a lot of law school debt. Just because I left practice doesn’t mean my loans suddenly went away. It’s the reason I am working as a contract attorney. And with my four years of litigation experience, I am not replacing new hires or young associates. I’d also like the name of the firm that was hiring 50-100 your associates annual (or the key to your time machine.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:43:53 +0000

Everyone knows the entire legal system is a scam, and everyone in America hates lawyers.

The only people in the legal system who should be worried about high billing rates for contract attorneys are law students with a lot of debt and young associates. Who needs to hire 50-100 young associates every year at $160,000 a piece, when you can hire an army of temps that bill out at $300?