I like setting fees as part of the collaborative process. There are
restraint of trade issues for groups who set everyone's fees in
advance, and I'd rather not go there. The process you describe sounds
great.
--- In CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom Nagel" <tomnagel@...> wrote:
but it is
I'm not sure if I previously mentioned this on list serve before,
one of my favorite stories.counsel.
Tim and I were having our firs collaborative case toglether as
At the first four way, he asked what my hourly rate was. I statedit to the
group; Tim's was a little higher. He suggested we both charge thesame
rate and agreed to go with my lower hourly rate.one four
The case settled pretty easily; and incidentally we had only
way conference in person. The rest of the discussions were done infour way
emails.Yesterday, I
Tom H. Nagel
Judicatum Procurator Recuperatio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Honey Hastings" <honeyhastings@...>
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.
othergot the confirmation that the case is settled this way when the
unable toclient said ok to the last bit of revised language.
But in some cases, where at least one client is emotionally
healthhandle this, we use the traditional lawyers-as-gatekeepers-of-info
method.
What do the multidisciplinary folks do about email? The mental
case? Ifolks in NH don't seem to have emails (or even fax).
Fees Question -Is anyone talking about attorneys fees in the
Incertainly find it works better to have some joint source of fees.
otherthe recently settled case, that has led to my learning that the
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@...
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