LEGAL BILLING PRACTICES:
As a service provider to industry leaders, our work ethic and integrity are of the highest order. Our bills are based upon the actual work performed and are not based upon "value added services". Our clients over the years have experienced great savings by experiencing honesty in billing practices. For example, if one client has three matters that are up in court for a status call and the status call takes one hour, our clients receive a bill totaling one-hour for service and not three hours. Take a look at your bills over the course of these past few years, can the same be said of the firms working with you. Also, as an additional cost savings measure, whenever possible (particularly at the Industrial Commission) our firm employs the services of professional paralegals to minimize the rates being charged to your matter. Our interest is serving you over the long course of time, not billing as much time to one file as possible. Our desire is to be retained by you over the course of years rather than earn as large of a fee as possible on each particular file. That's one of the reasons our firm has attracted industry leaders as clients.

We bill on increments of .1 and can engage in quarterly billing practices. We possess task-based code billing practices in conformity with ABA (American Bar Association) guidelines. On individual matters, retainer fees are required and all time is charged against the retainer fee. On individual files involving professional licensure matters, the billing is monthly. For corporate matters, billing can be quarterly however, generally the clients of the firm find they are better able to control the litigation process by receiving monthly bills rather than seeing a legal bill covering a ninety day period.

Our firm's philosophy concerning billing practice and habits is that it presents an opportunity to further gain your trust. Typically, our bills are so well described that they constitute an excellent point of reference as to where we are in the litigation process and prompt both client and attorney to take action designed to improve the likelihood of success.

Our firm feels strongly that a client who is paying a professional fee should not incur separate charges for long distance telephone calls, ordinary postage and ordinary photocopy expenses.

Our legal bills have withstood the scrutiny of clients going through our legal bills with a ruler, line-by-line. We are proud to have these clients with us for well over a decade and we look forward to decades ahead.

If you have special needs concerning your billing requirements, speak to us up front and all reasonable accommodations that can be made, will be made.

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