I got a $700 bill from a lawyer that talked my ear off for 2 hours.
Conversation was in December, bill was sent 8 months later.
So be careful. He dropped the bill after I told him it was wrong.
But was that in any way legal?
I got a $700 bill from a lawyer that talked my ear off for 2 hours.
Conversation was in December, bill was sent 8 months later.
So be careful. He dropped the bill after I told him it was wrong.
But was that in any way legal?
If you hired an attorney who charges $350 an hour, then it was proper.
Then you must be rich, so why complain.
Seriously, that is one expensive attorney and usually with that sort of rate we are usually talking about a specialized high end attorney for intellectual property law, admiralty, international law, or something like that.
Yes, most attorney's will bill you for telephone time. They should tell you up front though.
Waiting 8 months though to bill you is out of line. You should be billed within sixty days and I would argue against anything older than that myself. At least the attorney recognized that and apparently values you as a client.
In this sort of thing you need to exercise more control over the conversation. When I am paying an attorney, I do most of the work and I always do research and know what I am talking about before I talk to the attorney and I always keep the conversation on point and as short as possible.
However, when an attorney is on a contingency agreement, I will use as much time as I feel is necessary. In those cases though, the attorney will want to shorten things too.
is it legal? quite possibly.
We do not know the conversation to determine if it was reasonable though. If you were speaking regarding some case, of course it would be legit. If it was simply him telling you about his grandchildren and how they did in school, not really legit time unless that is what you were seeking from him.