Fees and engagement
Three ways of working, chosen with you before the work starts, and written down in a two-page engagement letter. We would rather lose a matter at the quote than disappoint you at the invoice.
This template does not publish rates. Replace the text with your own policy and, where your rules allow it, your own figures. Any figure shown on a real site should be one you actually charge.
No. The first call or meeting, up to thirty minutes, is free. We use it to understand the matter, to check for conflicts and to tell you honestly whether we are the right firm. If we are, we send a written proposal with a fee basis before any work begins.
Whenever the scope can be defined with reasonable confidence: incorporations, standard employment contracts, a lease review, a will, a well-bounded transaction. When the scope genuinely cannot be known, as in contested disputes, we bill by the hour against a written estimate and tell you when that estimate changes.
We tell you before it happens, not after. An estimate is a working figure, not a promise, but we agree to flag any expected overrun of more than ten per cent in writing, with the reason, and wait for your instruction before continuing past it.
For some matters we ask for a payment on account, held in a client account and applied against the final invoice. The amount and the reason are stated in the engagement letter. We do not ask for open-ended deposits.
Tell us the matter and we will say, in the first call, which model we would propose and why.
Matter, a few lines of detail, how to reach you. We check for conflicts and reply within one business day. The first conversation, up to thirty minutes, is free.
Sending a request does not create an attorney-client relationship.