On average what would you say is reasonable to bill to summarize a Plaintiffs deposition. Both on liability and damages. These take me forever to do for some reason.

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It depends on how long the transcript is but I usually bill about 1.4 - 1.6 to draft the report.

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What are you billing?

5.1 if it is a long one. Mine can turn into a 15 page report.

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There’s not really an average, so bill as long as is takes you. As you do more of them, you’ll pick up speed.

If you haven’t gotten any pushback from partners on the billing, then I wouldn’t worry about it. Some things just take a long time.

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