Young solo here w/ a question about fees: 1. A local solo criminal defense attorney has offered to pay me to go and make appearances before the Court on some of her cases to make announcements. (For example, “ready when reached”). I’m open to doing this and this attorney is asking what my fee would be? Does anyone have thoughts or opinions on what a reasonable fee would be to do something like this? Hourly? Flat Fee? 2. I want to ensure this is ethical. I don’t see an issue with this. Thoughts?

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I've heard of people doing this for an appearance fee of $250. I'm sure you could do a little more or less, but that's kind of the ballpark if you want to charge a flat fee.

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In NYC per diems (on the civil side) charge a few hundred flat fee and try to pick up lots of appearances per day. I’d recommend talking with the attorney and explaining your thoughts. From what I’ve heard that sort of work is all about the relationships and can actually be very lucrative.

See if you can get added to the LPL insurance and speak with your carrier too. I represent law firms as outside General Counsel, feel free to DM me if you want to chat ethics and law firm risk management.

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Pretty common. Look up appearance attorneys in or around your area and see what they charge. There are several here in CA.

Totally unrelated, but “young solo” really should have been the title for the “Solo” Star Wars movie. Has a much better ring to it.

Very clever! Haha. This never crossed my mind.

Hi! It depends on your location and agreement. I think P2's suggestion is great.

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