[blindlaw] Billable hours and reasonable accommodation

[Elizabeth Rene]

I am very impressed to read that several lawyers on this list are working 
for private firms.  I have always worked in the public sector.  Could you 
please tell me your experience of logging billable hours for your firms? 
While consistently productive, I have always taken a bit longer to do 
research and write briefs than my sighted colleagues (time and a half, at 
least(, but maybe some new technology would improve that.  How have your 
firms rated the productivity of blind lawyers, and how--generally--are blind 
lawyers in the private sector calculating their billable hours if they take 
longer than sighted colleagues to do specific tasks?

Thanks,

Elizabeth Rene