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Too Small Too Succeed Illustrated in Two Cases

Was it Norm Pattis who coined "too small to succeed"?  Whomever it was, two articles I read today painfully illustrated that principle: In Astrue v. Ratliff, the Supreme Court upheld the Executive Branch's screwing a lawyer for the disabled out of $2,200. Meanwhile, the Mega Law Firms handling the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy bill out Second Year Associates - yes, 27-year-old lawyers! - at $500 an hour.  And they get it.  And no one is stopping them.  Well, one czar told the lawyers and consultants that they cannot bill Lehman more than $500 a night for a hotel room.  They can still bring a partner ($1,500 an hour) and two associates ($500 minimum an hour) to every deposition.  Take that, Big Law! If you're big time, the federal government - including the judiciary, which oversees legal fees in bankruptcy cases - will take care of you...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).