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Crazy Mazy: Value Billing a Great Value for Clients, Not Lawyers (Why This Piece Is So Late)

By Mazyar Hedayat

So June is nearly over and TechnoLawyer expects me to submit a piece every month ... starting in April. They don't call me "Crazy Mazy" for nothing (or at all). Sure I "think different" as the famous commercial goes, but that's the problem. Let me explain. Think Different ... But Not Too Different In case you want to begin innovating in the legal space, let me stop you right now. Challenging the status quo over the past few years has cost me relationships with my employees, clients, and colleagues. For example, take my oft-stated disdain for the billable hour. So sure was I of my position that I decided to put my money where my mouth was and wean my office from the teat of this scourge. Despite scratching out a reputation as a respectable trial lawyer over 10 grueling years and making a passable living by billing clients, I switched to value billing (aka the flat fee) to deliver ...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on June 26, 2008 (boomark / email).