https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/01/kl-gates-blasted-for-high-fees-unnecessary-lawyering/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/01/kl-gates-blasted-for-high-fees-unnecessary-lawyering/comment-page-1/#comment-82594 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15808#comment-82594 I just took over a piece of litigation (with one of my colleagues) from two big law firms. I was astounded at the amount of fees they billed in the initial phases of this litigation. It is a big case, but they were using way too many people and the amounts the client paid was just ridiculous! Lawyering like this is just unnecessary, and occurs all the time at big firms. Luckily, some businesses are starting to understand that small firms with great lawyers can do just as good a job at much lower fees. We don’t put a dozen associates on researching every arcane point of law, we just do the quality work that needs to be done!

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/01/kl-gates-blasted-for-high-fees-unnecessary-lawyering/comment-page-1/#comment-82586 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:50:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=15808#comment-82586 Did someone at the firm read Bleak House?

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