What's your A/R per month or per quarter? Please list area of law and years of practice. So many posts about billable hours but at the end of the day, isn't it all about the dollar dollar bills y'all?

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Corporate, 4th year. About $600K annual last FY

Dependent on geography for billing rates. Might want that posted in replies for reference too unless you’re just interested in biglaw

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