Corporate Attorneys Push for Flexible Billing

October 2009

Business First of Columbus

Joe Morford, a partner at Tucker Ellis & West LLP, is able to take associates Eric Weldele and Jen Woloschyn to depositions and trials more often these days because the firm doesn’t have to bill its corporate clients by the hour for each attorney’s individual workload. The firm has a variety of payment arrangements, including flat fees and success fees, often allowing for more manpower on each case.

In the legal industry, there’s been a lot of talk lately about law firms moving away from billing their corporate clients by the hour.

And it might not be just a passing fad spurred by the recession, Central Ohio attorneys say.

“The biggest advantage for our lawyers is that it resets the focus for why most of us became lawyers in the first place. We can accomplish things,” said Joe Morford, a partner with Tucker Ellis & West LLP in Columbus. “It is a much more rewarding way of practicing law.”  Read More...
 

For More Information, Contact:

Jospeh Morford
Partner
216-696-4690
joseph.morford@tuckerellis.com

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