On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:26:14 -0600, rad0 wrote:
>When you hire a lawyer, on an hourly basis, what protection do=
 you
>have that he won't add in a bunch of hours for all sorts of
>miscellaneous things?

They will provide you with a painfully detailed statement.=
 Because of the fees involved most have fairly sophisticated =
 systems to track the time they spend, the time the secretary=
 spends, the time the law clerk spends, etc. They also bill in=
 small increments of an hour and you may even see a charge for=
 the time spent tracking your work in some cases.

Tim

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