Well, I believe some attorneys got in trouble for billing more hours than
were possible to be billed in a day. For example, billing for 6 hours for
a 4 hour time period. In other words, charging one client for the same
time another client is also paying has been found sanctionable. So, I
charge for travel time, but if I manage to get work done for another
client, I charge that client, not the one for whom I am travelling.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:38 PM, John D. Faucher
wrote:
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> Fair? I think it's fair to charge a client for the time I'm stuck in a
> car going to his hearing. To use Dennis' simile, the client is paying
> for my body to be in a certain place at a certain time.
> If I happen to be mentally idle and can make a phone call during that
> drive and resolve some little bit of another case at the same time, it's
> also fair to charge the other client for that service.
> So far as I can tell, neither client is harmed by paying the bill for the
> full time of my services.
> - John D. Faucher
> 818/889-8080
>
>
> On 10/22/12 2:11 PM, Steven B. Lever wrote:
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>
> Certainly expense, and reasonable time. I may be out of date though
> because Ive been charging since before cell phones, and if youre talking
> to other clients on the cell it might not be fair.****
>
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> Steven B. Lever ****
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> *Subject:* [cdcbaa] ch 11 attorney fee expenses****
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> To those of you who do chapter 11s:
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> Do you normally include in your fee applications, attorney time and
> expense (e.g. IRS mileage rate) for traveling to court for hearings? Or do
> you just absorb the cost?
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> Thanks,
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Well, I believe some attorneys got in trouble for billing more hours than were possible to be billed in a day. For example, billing for6 hours for a 4 hour time period. In other words, charging one client for the same time another client is also paying has been found sanctionable. So, I charge for travel time, but if I manage to get work done for another client, I charge that client, not the one for whom I am travelling.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:38 PM, John D. Faucher <
j.d.faucher@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Fair? I think
it's fair to charge a client for the time I'm
stuck in a car going to his hearing. To use Dennis' simile, the
client is paying for
my body to be in a certain place at a certain
time.
If I happen to be mentally
idle and can make a phone call
during that drive and resolve some little
bit of another
case at the same time, it's
also fair to charge the other client
for that service.
So far
as I can tell, neither
client is harmed by paying the bill for the full
time of my services.
- John D.
Faucher
818/889-8080
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