I'm not sure if I previously mentioned this on list serve before, but it is
one of my favorite stories.
Tim and I were having our firs collaborative case toglether as counsel.
At the first four way, he asked what my hourly rate was. I stated it to the
group; Tim's was a little higher. He suggested we both charge the same
rate and agreed to go with my lower hourly rate.
The case settled pretty easily; and incidentally we had only one four
way conference in person. The rest of the discussions were done in four way
emails.
Tom H. Nagel
Judicatum Procurator Recuperatio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Honey Hastings" <honeyhastings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:40 PM
Subject: [CollabLaw] Weekly practice tips & Insights
What have you learned/remembered/intuited recently? Please post a
tip/insight.
Email-I'm using email almost exclusively for between-meeting
communication. What about you? For case X, my assistant set up an
email group with both clients & both lawyers, including my home
email. We use it for notes (minutes), agenda, confirming meeting
times/dates, draft agreements, upgrades to drafts, etc. Yesterday, I
got the confirmation that the case is settled this way when the other
client said ok to the last bit of revised language.
But in some cases, where at least one client is emotionally unable to
handle this, we use the traditional lawyers-as-gatekeepers-of-info
method.
What do the multidisciplinary folks do about email? The mental health
folks in NH don't seem to have emails (or even fax).
Fees Question -Is anyone talking about attorneys fees in the case? I
certainly find it works better to have some joint source of fees. In
the recently settled case, that has led to my learning that the other
lawyer's hourly rate is subtantially higher than mine. Relative
experience in CP (or law)is not the basis of the difference.
Honey Hastings
Wilton, NH
honeyhastings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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