[blindlaw] Billable hours and reasonable accommodation

[Gerard Sadlier]

as a trainee we are told to account for all the time we work.
Most of that will be written off, not just for me but for everyonE.
This is a good question.
Do you find yourselves working longer hours as blind lawyers?
Ger

On 7/15/12, Farber, Randy <rfarber at jw.com> wrote:
> Elizabeth -
>
> 	When  it comes to billables, there are two places that the statistics are
> important.  First, they show-up on the invoice to your client.  I always
> review the invoices and bill based on what I believe is competitive.
> Therefore, I often write off some of the time I bill.  Not because I am
> blind, but because I do not believe that the invoice is competitive in the
> market.
>
> 		The second place where billables are important is in your compensation as
> an associate (as opposed to a partner where it is the cash that is
> important).  My recommendation is to write down all the hours you work, and
> let the billing attorney decide what should be billed.  If you are solo or
> in a small firm, you may be both the working attorney and the billing
> attorney.  In which case, I still have the same advise.  You will want to be
> able to keep track of how many hours you are spending on a task, even if you
> are not billing the entire time.
>
> Feel free to contact me off list if you would like to discuss this issue in
> a lawfirm setting.
>
> Randy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:29 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] Billable hours and reasonable accommodation
>
> 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
>
>
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