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Billing
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Legal Profession Blog
Stealing From Firm Merits Disbarment
The South Carolina Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney who stole thousands of dollars from his law firm (the Firm) by improperly billing clients. The storyRespondent worked for the Firm, both…
The Rainmaker Blog
3 Ways to Fire Up Your Law Firm’s Profit Potential (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second post in my three-post series this week on the three ways to fire up your law firm’s profit potential. Click on this link to read the…
Legal Profession Blog
Billing Is Not Easy
An indefinite suspension was imposed by the Maryland Court of Appeals for misconduct in a single matter.The sanction was somewhat harsh for a case that did not involve dishonesty; the…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Lawyer Ordered to Pay Back $633,000 in Fees
The right to confront one's accusers in trial is a fundamental principle of our judicial system. Or, is it? One lawyer learned that confronting one's accusers is not so fundamental,…
Covington Digital Health
The AMA’s Telehealth Services Workgroup Convened for its Foundational Meeting to Discuss the Development of New Telemedicine Billing Codes
By Covington Digital Health Team
On October 8, 2015, the American Medical Association’s new Telehealth Services Workgroup met for the first time, as it began to consider ways to expand current telehealth service Current Procedural…
The Law for Lawyers Today
Billing follies — what not to do
By Karen Rubin
This week's not-to-be-missed article on lawyer folly is a jaw dropping round-up of bad billing conduct, as reported in the American Lawyer. It's well-known that every jurisdiction's version of Model…
Legal Profession Blog
Billing For Watching TV May Be Excessive
A one-year suspension was affirmed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an attorney's failure to communicate, misconduct following discharge and threats to opposing counsel in a civil claim The case that…
EvidenceProf Blog
Cristina Gutierrez’s Issues Billing Clients for Work Done in Other Cases
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, I posted an entry about a number of unrelated documents from other cases being in the case file for Adnan Syed. As I noted in the comments section to my prior post, it…
The Contingency
Going Flat
Going flat In the last post, I reviewed the plusses and minuses of the hourly fee, which I said still strides the world of high-stakes litigation like a Colossus. But a distinctive trait…
Legal Profession Blog
$250 Per Hour Errands
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered a two-year suspension of an attorney who had "systematically overbilled" a client.During the events giving rise to this matter, Attorney Armstrong was a licensed…