Thanks for sharing that information!
All of the figures you list would be on the upper end of the range that I
end up charging people for a collaborative divorce. I charge hourly at
$325 in an area where the top end senior family litigators charge $500-600
hour, and newbies out of school charge $150-200.
I tell clients in my first meeting that most clients will pay me between
$5-10k, that some outliers will pay double and some half that. I mediate
cases where people have paid $50-$100k, often 2x-3x their annual income in
attorney fees with some frequency, usually due to custody, child support,
and alimony and recurring modifications and contempt hearings on those
issues.
I had one case that was probably the most complex and difficult case I've
had in 11 years of collab cases and I think that total was $27k and some
change over 18 mos. It would have been less if clients had been willing to
use coaches, a child specialist, and a financial. A lot of my time was
spent coaching.
In my experience in litigating, mediating, and collaborating, collaborative
is by far the most efficient, and it's not really close.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM Robert Merlin rmerlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[CollabLaw] <CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That is definitely the case for me. I have no receivables more than 30
days on any of my Collaborative matters. I do in other processes,
especially my only litigated matter which is huge.
Bob Merlin
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On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 AM, Kevin Scudder kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[CollabLaw] <CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am back from the Forum and filling out my professional liability
application. In it I am asked my five largest accounts which, for me, are
all Collaborative. For 2019 here is my list, with client name taken out:
$21.383.25 RESOLUTION
$14,1789.20 RESOLUTION
$13,274.10 IN PROCESS
$13,226.16 IN PROCESS
$13,006.40 RESOLUTION
I am seeing more efficiency, more delegation, and less in attorney’s fees
in my Collaborative work. Anyone else?
Kevin
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