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Unethical unless youre working on a matter or on site/ at a trial or something like that.
The fact that you are asking if you can bill during a "break" is telling. Just like asking if I can bill while I'm taking my kid to daycare or going grocery shopping for my lunches. Sure both of those are a necessary part of my routine so I can be available to work. But no I can't bill a client for that.
However if I take a work call while I happen to be driving my kid to daycare, I can bill *for the time I worked while being on the work call.*
Same deal here. You can't bill a client for a lunch break on the basis that you have to eat lunch in order to have energy to work.
But if you are working on a matter from 12-1pm and happen to also be eating, and the eating doesn't keep you from doing productive and necessary work, then you can bill *for the time you are working* regardless of whether you are also eating.
I like to exercise and it helps me think clearly and work better. No I can't bill my clients for the time I'm working out. But if I have a standing desk and treadmill in my office and I happen to be using it while I'm working, I can bill for the time I spend working regardless of whether I also happen to be moving my feet on the treadmill.
Since you seem inclined towards unethical practices, I think the question for you is whether you're creating an unnecessary busywork task and/or being wholly unproductive (i.e. staring at a computer screen while you eat your lunch but not accomplishing anything), or are you doing work that would count as work even if you weren't also eating.
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AA2 i think you are the one out of line here. OP has said he doesn't even bill, he works on flat fees
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Bill every one of your matters for a period of time you are eating and not working? Is that your question?
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A5 they aren't double billing. 2 matters, .2 each, 12 minutes each, 24 minutes total... thank you for the brush up on ethics violations though.
Yes, you bill for the activities
Sorry, I misread your question. Yes - it is unethical
Clearly unethical - why not bill for sleeping time because you might be dreaming about the client's case and need to recover? However, with 'lawyer ethics' in play - go for it.
What? Why are you billing for lunch?
Regarding billing to multiple clients, the ethics rules require us to bill for ONE case. For example, if you're flying to a deposition for case A and reading a brief for case B on the plane, you have to choose between billing your flight for travel on case A or for reading on case B. If you're flight was an hour you cannot bill 1.0 to both cases.
Signed, a malpractice defense atty.
@author - yes. That's ethical. Whether your retainer allows it is another question. Some clients don't pay for travel or pay at half rate. But it's not unethical to bill for pure travel time so long as it's appropriately described. Also ethical - if your client doesn't pay for travel time, but you are prepping for the depo on the flight, to bill your prep time and describe it accordingly for the time you actually spent prepping. If you're practicing an oral argument in the good acoustics of your shower, that's a .3 hearing prep despite the fact I was washing my hair. Etc.
As others have said, if you’re doing client work while eating your sandwich then you can bill that time to the client for the client work. Definitely cannot bill a single lunch break to multiple clients, though.
Hell, bill for the toilet time too.
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