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Oct 22, 2014
8:05
:24
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Josef K
I was recently involved in a bankruptcy where the lead attorney for a major bank
was paid $1,400 per hour.
He was worth every penny. He proposed a brilliant idea that saved his client nearly half a billion dollars.
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Flyingdolphin
10/22/14 7:40pm
Seriously, how do you survive on that?
chago04
10/22/14 7:43pm
first thing we do...
ds7
10/22/14 7:44pm
All I know is I got into the wrong field
Flyingdolphin
10/22/14 7:45pm
not enough lawyers starving...so we keep making more of them...
ds7
10/22/14 7:46pm
No you didn't... Job market for attorneys sucks right now
nashty
10/22/14 7:55pm
the lawyer who taught me antitrust could name his price
OU Cougar
10/22/14 7:57pm
almost as if he had a monopoly on the practice of antitrust litigation?
tassell
10/22/14 8:33pm
good one. I guess you lose one of those and you'll pay anything
OU Cougar
10/22/14 9:12pm
Not an uncommon hourly rate for a senior lawyer in high profile litigation
Rivers Cuomo
10/22/14 8:00pm
not criticizing really... but that would be great pay
Flyingdolphin
10/22/14 8:04pm
I was recently involved in a bankruptcy where the lead attorney for a major bank
Josef K
10/22/14 8:05pm
Lots of times the debtor pays this fee
OU Cougar
10/22/14 8:20pm
Part of a lawyer's job is also convincing the client that he is worth what
cougdonaldg
10/22/14 8:20pm
I know what qualifies as a novel idea.
Josef K
10/22/14 8:29pm
Oh, that's cool. What was his novel legal theory pertaining to bankruptcy law?
cougdonaldg
10/22/14 8:40pm
Fifteen so far.
Josef K
10/22/14 9:08pm
So this company is paying a $1,400 / hr lawyer time to brief, argue (appeal?)
cougdonaldg
10/22/14 9:28pm
You asked if it resulted in published opinions.
Josef K
10/22/14 10:26pm
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