Insurance Defense lawyers. How much is your form billing per hour? My firms clients are pretty much in the $180-$250 range. This is in Jersey City NJ. Also my firm pays very poorly with high billable requirements and paltry bonuses. I wonder if this really related to their rates or if I’m working in a pyramid scheme haha. PS, compensation aside I love working here. Clients and co-workers are low-pressure, very flexible working hours, work is pretty interesting, and Jersey City is awesome.

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ID underpays and overworks because of the low rates insurance companies are willing to pay. You will always be underpaid in ID and unfortunately the exit options aren’t great either

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And finally we don’t have a hard billable “requirement” as much as an aspiration. You get a 5% bonus at 2100. You can just opt not to get the bonus.

$175/hr to $350/hr, with the majority being somewhere in between, in NYC. A general liability carrier we work with increased the billable rate for partners by $15/hr this year…laughable.

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Our firm varies $200-$425 depending on the client and file setup

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Appellate counsel at mostly ID in Dallas. $400 and up for appellate rates. $500 and up for commercial lit. $200 to $350 for ID.

LBBS was 200/300 in LA

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