Lawyer suspended for charging billable rate for non legal work 
Published: December 27, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, billable hours, billing, legal fees
A lawyer has been suspended for two years for charging a client hourly legal fees for both legal and non-legal services, including driving the ailing client and helping him move to a new home.
Financial tips and tune-ups to improve your firm’s business
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, alternative billing, billable hour, billing, law firm billing, legal fees
Succeeding as a solo or small firm attorney means being not only a good lawyer, but also a savvy businessperson.
2011 wrap-up: Tech and practice management tips
Published: January 3, 2012
Tags: blogging, ethics, iPad, iPhone apps, legal fees, practice management, referrals, technology, websites
In 2011, Lawyers USA covered a range of technology, marketing and law firm management topics for small and solo law firms.
Here’s a look at some of our top stories on managing your technology and marketing your firm.
Unbundling your legal services
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2012, legal fees, unbundled legal services, unbundling
With the economy continuing to struggle, solos and small firms should consider an increasingly popular and lucrative model of legal work: unbundled legal services.
Five tips for explaining rates and fees to new clients
Published: September 26, 2011
Tags: attorney fees, legal fees, small firm, solo practice
Explaining your fees to clients is a common challenge for new attorneys. For lawyers hanging out their own shingle, here is some advice about discussing rates and fees with new clients.
Trial judge can’t cap legal fees sua sponte
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: December 20, 2010
Tags: divorce, legal fees
A trial court judge cannot sua sponte cap the legal fees of the parties involved in a divorce case, the New Jersey Court of Appeals has ruled.
What you need to know if your client goes bankrupt
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: November 15, 2010
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2011, attorney fees, CHAPTER 13, Chapter 7, contingency fees, fee collection, legal fees
A growing number of non-bankruptcy lawyers are finding themselves listed as creditors when their clients file for bankruptcy.
Should you use Paypal to accept legal fees?
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 14, 2010
Tags: legal fees, Paypal, practice management
Some lawyers are beginning to accept payment of legal fees through Paypal, the online payment company.
In particular, attorneys in practice areas with direct consumer representation, such as family, immigration, criminal and bankruptcy law, are advertising their use of Paypal for fees.
County to pay for lawyers in child protection cases
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: September 4, 2009
Tags: child protection, legal fees
Minnesota counties must pay for lawyers in child protection cases where the parents are indigent, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports .
Lawyer can’t get fees for failure to follow billing rules
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: May 14, 2009
Tags: legal fees
Even though she argued she was in substantial compliance with the law, a lawyer can’t get her legal fees where she failed to follow the state requirements that clients receive bills at least every 60 days, a New York trial judge has ruled .
