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So the $850 guy got $850×900? So $765k? How many months were the 900 hours split over? This sounds absolutely ridiculous
by angrais 3y ago
So the $850 guy got $850×900? So $765k? How many months were the 900 hours split over? This sounds absolutely ridiculous
- AlbertCory 3y agoNot for Samsung. Or Google. Apple's damages expert got paid $2 million.
- onionisafruit 3y agoIt's great pay if you can get it, and I'm sure it wasn't enough to be noticed in the legal costs of that case.
- nonethewiser 3y agoJust for frame of reference, there are 2080 work hours in a year assuming 40hrs/week. So imagine making 765k for like 5 months of work.
- viscanti 3y agoThey need to be able to have 5 months where they can clear the calendars and just work on that. It's still a lot for 5 months, but I imagine there's a lot of downtime too. Are they getting 5+ months every year?
- mrguyorama 3y ago>hey need to be able to have 5 months where they can clear the calendars and just work on that Otherwise known as "having a job"
- viscanti 3y agoYeah. Having a job seems like it could keep you from regularly being able to stop everything for 5 months of high paid work. Maybe the money is enough from the few months that they're fine with it (and maybe it's easy for them to get a new job after or go back somewhere they've worked before). I'm genuinely curious. It seems like a lot to make for 5 months, but what do their earnings look like over a 5 or 10 year period?
- nonethewiser 3y agoI suppose its actually spread out over a long period of time
- psunavy03 3y agoGo look at what partners at the biggest white-shoe law firms make. Over $1,000/hr.
- grogenaut 3y agoIs that what they make or what they BILL. IT, Admin staff, paralegal, Jr lawyers, building, pro Bono and other marketing activities etc. It's paid for somehow.
- johndhi 3y agobelieve it or not, they make more! they make money off of what the associates and junior partners bill, too. but yes, that figure is what they bill.
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- teachrdan 3y agoI believe paralegals and junior lawyers bill for their time, too, also at eye-watering rates.
- AlbertCory 3y agoThe witness actually got that $850 an hour. The other stuff you mentioned was absorbed by the law firm and billed to the client(s).
- rrix2 3y agoare they being called in as expert witnesses?
- psunavy03 3y agoThe discussion was whether billing over $800/hr was "ridiculous." It's actually common for credentialed professionals who are at the very top of very specific fields.