Abraham Lincoln has been quoted as saying that a lawyer’s time is “his stock in trade”. The billable hour probably first gained favor around 1945 at Sherman & Sterling in New York City (see chapter 1 in The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys ), and was given a strong...
If you have questions about fee agreements -- how to draft them, what to include in them, and ethical issues associated with them -- then you're in luck! There are 2 classes scheduled in the near future that will give you answers.
