Fees
Attorney – first year | $195 per hour |
Attorney from one to three years LP | $250 per hour |
Attorney from three to five years LP | $325 per hour |
Attorney from five to ten years LP | $365 per hour |
Attorney from ten to twenty years LP | $415 per hour |
Attorney from twenty to thirty years LP | $435 per hour |
Attorney over 30 years LP (e.g. L. Scott Karlin) | $450 per hour |
Staff:
Law clerk (college graduate) | $75 per hour |
Law clerk (2d or 3d year law school student) | $95 per hour |
Legal assistant or paralegal (nonattorney) | $135 per hour |
Law clerk (law school graduate) | $175 per hour |
Cost Schedule
Item Charge
Photocopying (per page) | $.20 |
Scan documents (per page)* | $.20 |
Travel outside Orange County | $.20 per mile |
Travel over 150 miles | At cost for business class plus per diem |
Long distance | Calls at cost |
Fax received (per page) | $.25 |
Fax sent (per page) | $1.00 |
Messenger | At cost+ |
Mailing | At cost+ |
Filing fees | At cost |
Deposition fees | At cost |
Investigator fees | At cost |
Outside copy service fees | At cost+ |
Expert consulting and witness fees | At cost |
Online search and retrieval | At cost+ |
Printing emails, attachments to emails or legal research per page | $.20 |
The above charges shall apply to scanning the file and any of its pages. However, while a law firm reserves the right to scan, the law firm is not obligated to do so, whether during the time law firm is representing the client or upon closing of the case or matter.
Finance charge: All bills that are not paid within 20 days of the date of the bill shall be subject to a finance charge of 10% per annum simple interest to accrue from the first day of the month in which the bill was sent. Per diem: If travel exceeds 30 miles, a per diem shall be added of $95.00 per day, plus first-class hotel, and car rental, if necessary. AT COST+ means that the law firm reserves the right to add 10% to the cost to cover the law firm’s administrative expense regarding the item.