Lawyers can double up their billable hours - wait in court with one client, work on a document for another - bill both.
I suspect some of them have a researcher working for $30 an hour, and they bill the client as if they were doing the work, for $200.
"Lawyers can double up their billable hours - wait in court with one client, work on a document for another - bill both."
Sure they can - its called fraud. Anyone can do it.
They could also rob banks and make a heck of a lot more money.
"I suspect some of them have a researcher working for $30 an hour, and they bill the client as if they were doing the work, for $200."
Hmm. Once again, certainly could happen, also called fraud. (And if you know of someone who would be willing to perform legal research for only $30 and hour, please let me know.)
Actually, in most cases, the researchers (often called "associates"), do the work at a lower hourly rate than the partner in order to save the client money. Funny how that works.