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A better question for the 300-hour people would be how many hours are you actually working versus how many you bill. I saw handful of attorneys billing over 300 hours every single month at one firm. Of course it was nonsense and included billing for work done by non-attorneys on a massive scale.
Do you work in BigLaw? 300 hours is 10 hours a day (except February). There are definitely senior associates at some firms that are capable of doing that. They just love the work. When it starts getting very suspicious to me is the 400+ mark. If it’s a month here or there, it’s believable but consistently is hard for me to believe.
But regardless the real question is why you felt the need to bring this up? Not really relevant. Your comment comes off as bitter and almost like sour grapes. I see that you’re a paralegal. Do you think attorneys are stealing your time and marking it as their own? Are you worried that you’re involved in something unethical?
I’ve been really blessed to work with great paralegals in my career. They really came in clutch for me. But I have met some (mostly outside of work) who get very bitter towards me when they find out I’m a lawyer. They spin this story in their head that lawyers aren’t useful and that paralegals know more about the law than lawyers. When I told one I work most weekends, he called me a liar and said I just make paralegals do all of my work. This has happened a few times to me, and it’s always completely unprovoked.
It seems like a small select group of paralegals have an inferiority complex and they cope by constructing these narratives where lawyers don’t actually work hard and it’s the paralegals that do it all. That’s how your comment comes off. OP asked a basic question to lawyers about how many hours lawyers worked a month recently, and you had to chime in with your irrelevant and likely fabricated narrative. It’s a lot of unnecessary negativity and reads like cope.
About 125. 10 YOE, NonBiglaw.
6 yoe. 150 hours per month. Big law real estate
Averaging right at 200 a month for a few years now. V10 big law. 10 YOE.
Can you bill most of things? And do hours get cut at all?
240-300 / month. Biglaw litigation.
I think L1 and others need to understand that different firms and different legal practices have different expectations, staffing, and volume. L1 mentioned toxic tort depositions. That suggests to me that he works in personal injury. I have a good friend in personal injury and he works less hours than me by far. Good for him. In BigLaw, the “sweet spot” a lot of associates aimed for was like 200-230. That was average. Busier associates were pushing 280. And at some of the really crazy BL firms, certain associates (typically those in high demand) easily did 10 hours a day or more. There’s just that much work at those firms and they’re staffed light.
It varies. On average, 165/month in BigLaw lit. But I’ve hit 225 in 3 of the past 4 months, which doesn’t feel awesome. 7 YOE.
130-150, 5 YOE, patent pros non-biglaw
145-160 on average, mid law, 8 YOE
1800
166-185 YOE 4 non big law ID (they do not cut hours at my firm so almost all of the time I work is billed so I work about a 40-45 hour work week)
Consistently 200+, with an average of prob 220-230, 5 YOE, BigLaw
60. 6 YOE. Solo
30+yoe. 170/ month. WC law
215-240, 6th year biglaw. Almost never been under 200.
1500/year, PT. Monthly varies a lot bc work is seasonal (60-210). 11 years out. BigLaw.
I’m part time.
I’m in law firm management so only bill about 80 hrs a month. 20+ YOE. AmLaw 2nd 100.
210. Biglaw, 10th year.
150-160, 4 YOE, mid-size firm