Considering a major-league baseball player can make the equivalent of $15,000 per hour, "$1,000 for very seasoned lawyers who can solve complex problems doesn't seem to be inappropriate," says Mike Dillon, the general counsel of Sun Microsystems Inc. |
Why? Lawyers aren’t that scarce. They’re a dime a dozen it seems.
Shysters ain’t cheap!
If they are good at what they do, it would be worth it. Finding the good ones is the big issue.
We have the best justice system in this country that money can buy.
I wonder what the paralegals — who actually do the work — are being billed out and what they’re paid.
With these guys you’re not paying for their legal skills.
You know what’s even SCARIER?
8 HUMAN hours can be coverted into 20-25 BILLABLE ATTORNEY HOURS!
I believe the supreme court of whatever state the shark is licensed to practice in, has to give the nod to rate hike requests, or the offender risks getting disbarred. This would make law practice much more regulated than the practice of medicine — outside of arm twisting deals with insurance companies and Medicare/Medicaid, doctors literally can charge what the market will bear.