[blindlaw] Billable hours and reasonable accommodation
joshjsmith at charter.net
joshjsmith at charter.net
Mon Jul 16 17:17:57 UTC 2012
I do tend to write down my bills. Probably because I don't want to over
bill for the area but also because I realize it does take me longer to
read through thick files and I don't want to pass that cost on to my
clients. I will say that many clients to understand that it takes me
longer and I have even had some tell me to bill for whatever time I
spend on their case. I still write some time off however.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Gerard Sadlier wrote:
> 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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