As I celebrated July 4th, I began to think about the freedom we have as lawyers and the freedom our clients have. In the United States we are free to choose any lawyer; the clients have the same choice. Celebrate that fact in your July 4th celebration.
U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman ruled yesterday that the 6 month moratorium on deep water drilling in the gulf will likely to be proved to be “arbitrary and capriciously issued.
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr. and William Lee, both veteran lawyers by anybodys measure suggest that now is the time to look at moving toward “fixed fees” for some but not necessarily all legal matters. Of course, we know that attorneys got into the hourly fee game because years ago in a effort to track costs of delivery of services attorneys began tracking hours. From then on, the genie was out of the box, seemingly never to be put back in again.
I saw this and wanted to be sure you did. It’s over 3 minutes, but believe me this is worth it. I hope you enjoy.
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Talk soon,
Dan
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