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I think this is normal. The firm doesn’t want you to see how much money you are bringing in (vs getting paid).
Same here, but my secretary has access to the whole thing. She will print anything I ask her to but it’s annoying to have to ask. I run all my own cases and clients without a partner so I think I should be allowed to see everything. But, to OP’s second question, in my firm I don’t bring it up because nothing would change other than the partners thinking I’m a complainer.
I cannot imagine partners at any firm wanting you to have this information.
A4 - interested in this thread. I’ve gotten to close to trying to learn the business of law and been burned. So I’m curious what others have to say. Thanks!
Weird. We can see all of our stats — hours, amounts billed, receipts paid, AR (with aging), unbilled hours, write downs, effective bill rates, you name it. It’s incredibly useful. You just can’t see anyone else’s.
It is wild to me that you guys don’t have access to this kind of info. The firm I’m at is very transparent about numbers.
I should add that my normal rates vary on different types of cases so figuring out what has been billed out/paid is a crap shoot at best.
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Oh, same, I can see my realization rate... but I’m rarely billed out at my base rate, so I have zero idea what that means.
Same 🙋🏻♀️
Same. I thought it was pretty normal.
We don’t but I’m in a transactional practice and we get paid out at closing. I almost always see our bill and whether or not we took a cut. The cut isn’t necessarily like, strike these 3 hours this associate billed. It’s more of a discount, like a percentage discount for certain clients or $xx depending on how much we ran up the bill over the estimate. As a first year, I’ve been asked to review our invoice, revise if needed (typos, etc) and send to the client.
Same here!
Ask to see it or ask for a report from time to time. A good firm should believe in some transparency esp if you are seen to be a future partner.