Following yesterday’s post exploring the viability of the $99/hour lawyer as a business model, discussion (if you can call an exchange of 140 character blurbs and bursts real discussion) ensued on Twitter. I wanted to use this post to summarize my view of the argument and also clarify the context of my post.
November 2012
Billing Like It’s 1989: The $99/Hour Lawyer
Call it a new kind of legal limbo as law firms take a turn on the conga line to see just how low they can go. Only this form of limbo isn’t a game, but serious business. Large firms are quoting suicide rates to keep business reports Lawyerist while solos and nonlawyer networks are exploring…