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Selected Works
Akins, Don and Krocheski, Jake, How Administrators Can Educate Lawyers About Alternative Pricing, 712 Practising Law Institute 7 (March 1995). Alternative Billing, Partner's Report, September, pp. 4-5 (2001). Alternative Billing Commission: Final Report and Recommendations, North Carolina Bar Association. Alternative Fee Arrangements, Participant's Guide, Sugarcrest Development Group, Inc., (April 26, 2002). Alternative Fee Arrangements with Outside Counsel, Issue Brief, General Counsel Roundtable/Corporate Executive Board (September 2001). Alternative Fee Reality Check
[On-line] http://www.sugarcrest.com/reality/default.cfm?Test_ID=3
Axins, Donald S. and Mudrick, Howard L., A Launching Pad for Alternative Pricing, 145 New Jersey Law Journal 31 (September 30, 1996). Aycock, Wheatly, Beyond the Hourly Rate, Legal Times (February 12, 2002). Baechtold, Robert L., An Overview of 'Task-Based' Billing, 457 Practising Law Institute 319 (November 1996). Baird, Zoe, A Client's Experience with Implementing Value Billing, 77 Judicature 198 (1994). Baker, Ronald J., Professionals' Guide to Value Pricing, Third Edition, Aspen Publishers, Inc. (December 2000). Beeching, Charles T., Jr., The Billable Hour is Dead. Long Live…What?, 67 New York State Bar Journal 12 (December 1995). Break the Billable Hour Habit!, Law Practice Management Magazine, vol. 28, no. 3, Law Practice Management Section (April 2002). Brown, Toby and Roberts, Michele, Pricing Your Legal Products: Alternative Billing Strategies and How To Get There - Part I, 8 Utah Bar Journal 18 (June/July 1995) and Part II, 8 Utah Bar Journal 16 (December 1995). Burke, Laurel L., Alternative Billing Methods: Not Just By The Hour Anymore, 28 Colorado Lawyer 59 (April 1999). Business and Ethics Implications of Alternative Billing Practices: Report on Alternative Billing Arrangements, 54 Business Lawyer 175 (November 1998). Byrd, Jennifer, Fee Simple; Large Firms and Clients Reject the Billable Hour in Favor of Fixed Rates, 112 The Los Angeles Daily Journal 5 (July 26, 1999). Calloway, James A. and Robertson, Mark A., Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work, Second Edition, American Bar Association (2002). Canfield, Curt A., Alternative Pricing: Wave of the Future, 712 Practising Law Institute 29 (March 1995). Connell, Michael T., The Task-Billing Express: An Architect of New Task-Based Billing Codes Says He's Seen the Future, and It Works, 15 California Lawyer 25 (August 1995). Dahl, Richard, Share the Pain, Share the Gain: Linking Results with Payment for Lawyers, 82 American Bar Association Journal 68 (June 1996). Dailey, Dianne K., English, Stephen F., Bolduan, Linda M., Alternative Billing Systems: Abandoning Time as a Measure of Value, 27 Brief 44 (Spring 1998). Don, Brett C., Implementing Task-Based Billing: A Law Firm Perspective, 33 Tennessee Bar Journal 25 (July/August 1997). Epstein, Cynthia A., Efficiency Analyses Driving the Need for Task-Based Billing, 496 Practising Law Institute 647 (March/April 1994). Erdos, Thomas V., Jr., True Value Billing: One Lawyer's Experience, 61 Texas Bar Journal 488 (May 1998). Ewing, James, IV, Patent Litigation and Alternative Billing, 572 Practicing Law Institute 1057 (1999). Flaming, Todd H., Adapting Task-Based Billing to the Case, 86 Illinois Bar Journal 565 (October 1998). France, Mike, Task-Based Billing Goal: Create One Format For All; Corporations and Professional Groups Form a Coalition to Devise a Uniform System to Track Law Firm Changes, 17 The National Law Journal B1 (October 31, 1994). Franklin, Barbara Hackman, Alternative Billing; Flat Fees, 'Value' Bills Favored Over Hourly Rates, 208 New York Law Journal 5 (August 13, 1992). Getting Your Firm Off the Clock
and Billing Creatively [On-line] http://www.managementlibrary.com
Goehl, David, Common Billing Methods and When to Use Them [On-line] http://www.imakenews.com/sugarcrestreport/e_article000064967.cfm The Sugarcrest Report, vol. 1 no. 14 (April 19, 2002). Haynsworth, Harry J., IV, Alternatives to Value Billing: A Response to Demetrios Dimitriou, 45 South Carolina Law Review 981 (1994). Hildebrandt, Alternative Pricing Practices, 712 Practising Law Institute 83 (March 1995). Hirshon, Robert E., New Commission Will Study the Billable Hour and Its Impact on Both Client Needs and Pro Bono Service, 23 The National Law Journal C19 (August 6, 2001). Hodgin, Deanna, Beyond Billable Hours, The Recorder (February 25, 1999). Iezzi, John G., Why Law Firms Can't Afford to Overlook Rate Discounting, Law Office Management and Administration Report (January 2000). Isaac, Godfrey, Alternative Fee Arrangements in a Competitive Market; Breaking From Tradition May Benefit Both Client and Attorney, 17 Los Angeles Lawyer 22 (December 1994). Jacobsen, Susan, Looking Beyond the Billable Hour: Delivering Added Value Through Alliances and Ancillary Products/Services [On-line] http://www.imakenews.com/sugarcrestreport/e_article000061752.cfm The Sugarcrest Report, vol. 1 no. 14 (April 19, 2002). King, Sally Fiona, Task-Based Billing Grows Up, Law Practice Management (April 2002). Krocheski, Jake and Malone, Gerry, No More Billable Hours, 712 Practising Law Institute 41 (March 1995). Landry, Robert J., III and Higdon, James R., A Primer on 11 U.S.C. § 328 (A) and Its Use in Alternative Billing Methods in Bankruptcy, 50 Mercer Law Review 537 (Winter 1999). Law Office Management and Administration Report, ALA Expert Reveals How to Counter Alternative Billing Naysayers (June 1999). Leibowitz,
Wendy R., Not Snow, Nor Sleet, Nor Gadget Boom Will Kill the Billable
Hour [On-line] http://www.wendytech.com/articlesbillablehour.htm
Lisnek, Paul M., The Alternative Billing Game: You Can't Win If You Don't Play, 67 Wisconsin Lawyer 21 (July 1994). Litan, Robert E. and Salop, Steven C., Reforming the Lawyer-Client Relationship Through Alternative Billing Methods, 77 Judicature 191 (1994). Maister, David H., The New Value Billing, 16 American Lawyer 40 (May 1994). Marshall, Joseph L. and Hershey, Elizabeth D., Take a Closer Look at Value Billing Before the Competition Does, 712 Practising Law Institute 145 (March 1995). Massey, Donald C. and D'Amour, Christopher A., The Ethical Considerations of Alternative Fee Billing, 28 Southern University Law Review 111 (Spring 2001). McCowan, Charles S., Jr. and Esteban, Herrera, Jr., Alternative Fee Arrangements: Time for Consideration, 43 Louisiana Bar Journal 466 (February 1996). McDonough, Chris G., Legal Fees: Value Billing and the Reasonableness Requirement, 209 New York Law Journal 1 (May 11, 1993). Meurer, George Russell, Value Billing: A Valid Alternative to Time Billing?, 55 Texas Bar Journal 719 (July 1992). Meyerowitz, Steven A., The Value of 'Value Billing', 19 Pennsylvania Lawyer 23 (January/February 1997). Moore, Walter W., Give Clients the Choice of a Flat Fee for Legal Services, 105 The Los Angeles Daily Journal 7 (February 11, 1992). Mudrick, Howard L., Billing Value, 712 Practicing Law Institute 33 (March 1995). Mulroy, Richard E., Jr. and Ringel, Jed S., Relations with Outside Counsel and Task-Based Billing, 496 Practising Law Institute 595 (March/April 1994). Musselman, Francis H., Abandon The Billable Hour!, 67 New York State Bar Journal 28 (July/August 1995). Neath, James J., Task-Based Billing: The Way of the Future, 52 Bench and Bar of Minnesota 22 (April 1995). The Nuts and Bolts of Alternative Billing for the Business Lawyer and Corporate Counsel, American Bar Association Section of Business Law Committee on Corporate Counsel and American Bar Association Commission on the Billable Hour (April 4-7, 2002). Payton, Harry A., Task Based Billing - Overcoming Fear, 72 Florida Bar Journal 14 (January 1998). Payton, Harry A., Task-Based Billing: Is It Working?, 20 Legal Times S42 (November 17, 1997). Pol, Ronald F., Seven Steps to Value-Added Legal Services, NZ Business, pp. 6-7 (August 2001). Preble, Laurence G., Some Reflections on Value Billing, 7 Probate and Property 16 (September/October 1993). Prescott, Blane R., The Future of 'Alternative Pricing' Methods, 212 New York Law Journal 5 (October 11, 1994). Ravdin, Linda J., Alternative Pricing of Legal Services in a Domestic Relations Practice: Choices and Ethical Considerations, 33 Family Law Quarterly 387 (Summer 1999). Reed, Richard C., New Win-Win Ways to End Hourly Billing: Especially for Litigators, the Original Skeptics, 60 Texas Bar Journal 60 (January 1997). Reed, Richard C., The Goals of Corporate Counsel with Respect to Alternative Billing and Pricing Methods: What They Are - Or Should Be, Altman Weil Articles Archive. Ringel, Jed S. and Epstein, Cynthia A., Task-Based Billing: Obtaining Useful Billing Data, 455 Practising Law Institute 609 (March/April 1993). Ringel, Jed, Statistical Analysis Enables Firms to Set Flat Fees; Cost-Component Calculus, Widely Used to Price Services, Facilitates Matter-Based Billing by Lawyers, 18 The National Law Journal D2 (November 20, 1995). Rogers, Shelby R., Value Billing, 13 Corporate Counsel's Quarterly 73 (April 1997). Rose, Joel A., Planning Alternative Billing Arrangements, 222 New York Law Journal 5 (July 6, 1999). Rose, Joel A., Trends in Alternative Billing Arrangements, 214 New York Law Journal 5 (December 5, 1995). Rose, Joel A., Choosing Creative Alternatives to Hourly Billing, The Legal Intelligencer (January 10, 2000). Rosenstein, David S., For Whom the Bill Tolls: Quantity, Not Quality Becomes the Goal When Hourly Fees Prevail, 81 American Bar Association Journal 120 (November 1995). Rotunda, Ronald D., Innovative Legal Billing, Alternatives to Billable Hours and Ethical Hurdles, 2 Journal of the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics 221 (1999). Russell, Roger, Value Pricing: The Billable Hour Death Kneel?, Accounting Today, vol. 15, no. 3, pp.1 (February 2001). Saying Goodbye to Hourly Billing?, American Bar Association (1996). Shepard, Kevin L., Getting a Fix on Fees: Computers Chip Away at Hourly Billing in Real Estate Matters, 82 American Bar Association Journal 49 (January 1996). Shomper, James D. and Gardner D. Courson, Alternative Fees for Litigation: Improved Control and Higher Value, ACCA Docket Feature (May 2000). Singleton, Ruth, Billable Hour: It Keeps on Ticking After Its Licking, 19 The National Law Journal B9 (December 2, 1996). Smith, Ron, Flat Fees Spur a Rocky Debate, 66 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 25 (January 1997). Stark, Barbara A., Value Billing-Matrimonial Attorney Fees in the 90's, 7 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 79 (1991). Sturgill, Stephen J., New System Offers Easier and More Exact Billing; The Block Billing Method Used by Most Attorneys May Be a Thing of the Past If Task-Based Billing and Timekeeping Systems Take Hold, 17 The National Law Journal C26 (October 17, 1994). Toews, J. Christopher, Value Billing Today: Cost Control for a New World, 7 Business Law Today 8 (January/February 1998). Turnbow, Richard B., Alternative Billing (Pricing) Practices, 743 Practising Law Institute 155 (August 1996). Value Billing: Does It Work?, American Bar Association Committee on Corporate Counsel of the Section of Litigation and the Division for Professional Education (December 2, 1993). Value Billing and Gaining a Competitive Advantage in the Legal Marketplace, 1992 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, (August 9-12, 1992). American Bar Association Section of Litigation. Voss, Theodore R., Time Marches On: Preparing a Requiem for the Billable Hour, 226 New York Law Journal 5 (July 3, 2001). Wagner, Felice, The 15 Elements of Alternative Fee Success [On-line] http://www.imakenews.com/sugarcrestreport/e_article000064970.cfm The Sugarcrest Report, vol. 1 no. 14 (April 19, 2002). Wagner, Felice, 10 Ways to Capitalize on Your Alternative Fee Success [On-line] http://www.imakenews.com/sugarcrestreport/e_article000064968.cfm The Sugarcrest Report, vol. 1 no. 14 (April 19, 2002). Watson, Lee A., Communication, Honesty, and Contract: Three Buzzwords for Maintaining Ethical Hourly Billing, 11 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 189 (Winter 1998). Waxse, David J., Alternative Billing: What and How, 68 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 2 (April 1999). Waxse, David J., Comments and Alternatives to Hourly Billing, 68 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 2 (February 1999). Waxse, David J., Ethical Implications of Hourly Billing, 67 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 2 (December 1998). Waxse, David J., Suggested Responses to the Ethical Implications of Hourly Billing, 68 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 2 (January 1999). Weidlich, Thom, Billing Picture Reveals a Mix of Alternatives; Many Try New Methods, But the Hourly Fee Lives, 16 The National Law Journal S1 (December 20, 1993). Win-Win Billing Strategies: Alternatives that Satisfy Your Client and You, American Bar Association (1992). Yarbrough, Marilyn V., Is Value Billing the Answer? A Response to the Individual Practitioner and Commercialism in the Profession, 45 South Carolina Law Review 991 (1994). Zeughauser, Peter D., An Alternative to Alternative Fees, 18 American Lawyer 34 (December 1996). Zeughauser, Peter D., Flat Fees: The Hidden Risk, 147 New Jersey Law Journal 31 (February 3, 1997). Zeughauser, Peter D., The Use of Alternative Fee Arrangements to Achieve Smart Results and Improve Outside Counsel Relationships, 871 Practising Law Institute 47 (December 1993/January 1994). Zeughauser, Peter D., Using Alternative Fee Arrangements to Improve Client Relationships, Law Firm Profitability and Results, 23 Law Practice Management 22 (April 1997).
Big Bucks, Low Morale and Poor Retention: What's Wrong With This Picture? Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report (April 2001). Billing Rates and Hours Up, Profits Mainly Flat, Accounting for Law Firms, pp. 6-7 (September 1998). Blum, Vanessa, The Gunderson Effect: Charting the Salary Frenzy, Fulton County Daily Report (February 28, 2000). Blumenthal, Jeff, Annual List Captures Highs, Lows of 2001, The Legal Intelligencer (December 3, 2001). Blumenthal, Jeff, Clients Wary of Associate Raises, The Legal Intelligencer (April 21, 2000). Bower, Ward, Fees, Facts and Figures - What
Lawyers are Charging and Receiving [On-line] http://www.altmanweil.com/about/articles/lfma/alt_billing.cfm
Companies are Spending More on Outside Counsel While In-House Legal Spending Slows, Business Wire (January 12, 2000). Compensation and Benefits for Law Offices, Are New Associate Bonus Plans Counterproductive? (November 2001). DeLong, Ray, Maybe Billable Hours Aren't So Bad After All, Business Law Today (January/February 2002). Fisk, Margaret Cronin, Staying the Course on Salary, The National Law Journal (August 2, 2001). Has your firm raised its rates in 2002?: Poll
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Iezzi, John G., Billable Hours Are Not All They Seem to Be, Accounting for Law Firms (November 2001). King, Jennifer E., More with Less Remains Mantra: Counsel Feel Belt-Tightening Pays Off, Corporate Legal Times (May 1999). A Look Back on the Great Raise of '00, The National Law Journal (March 27, 2000). Manch, Susan G., The Salaries Are Just the
Headline: The real story isn't salaries but what has actually happened
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McLaughlin, Joseph T., Symposium: Business Dispute Resolution: ADR and Beyond: A View from the Front Lines, 59 Albany Law Review 971 (1996). Michalowicz, James L., E-Billing, Performance Metrics And Marketing: Misfits Or Formula For Success? The Sugarcrest Report, vol. 1, no. 15 (May 21, 2002). Munneke, Gary A. and Davis, Anthony E., The Essential Formbook: Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers, vol. II, American Bar Association (2001). New Pay Approach for MoFo, Others, Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report (May 2001). Poll, Edward, Increasing Your Fees, Law Practice Management (April 2002). Preparing a Requiem for the Billable Hour, Accounting for Lawyers (October 2001). Rose A., Joel, Revenue Review: 10 Factors That Could Be Inhibiting Firm Profitability, Accounting for Law Firms (November 2001). Rosenberg, Geanne, Revolt Brewing Over Pay Hikes, The National Law Journal (February 28, 2000). Selecting and Running Compensation Systems, Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report (November 2001). Short, Michael D. and Downey, Donna K., Maintaining a Balance: Managing in the Economic Downturn Requires Use of Both Short- and Long-Term Tactics, New Jersey Law Journal (December 3, 2001).
ABA Comm. On Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Op. 93-379 (1993). American Bar Association, Business and Ethics Implications of Alternative Billing Practices: Report on Alternative Billing Arrangements, 54 Business Lawyer 175 (November 1998). Ask Dr. Ethics: Fees, Fees, Fees, Dialogue (Winter 2002). Bogus, Carl T., The Death of an
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Gharakhanian, Andre and Krywyj, Yvonne, The Gunderson Effect and Billable Mania: Trends in Overbilling and the Effect of New Wages, 14 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (Summer 2001). Pallasch, Abdon M., Lawyer's Adoption Billing Not Quite 24/7, But Close, Chicago Sun Times (June 26, 2002). Phillips, Gerald F., Reviewing A Law Firm's Billing Practices, The Professional Lawyer (Fall 2001). Ross, William G., The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys (Carolina Acad. Press 1996). Ross, William G., The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys, 58 Alabama Lawyer 40 (January 1997). Ross, William G., The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys (Carolina Acad. Press 1996). Schlitz, Patrick J. 1998, Legal Ethics in Decline: The Elite Law Firm, the Elite Law School, and the Moral Formation of the Novice Attorney, 83 Minn. Law Review 705, pp. 725-26 (1998). Waxse, David J., Ethical Implications of Hourly Billing, 67 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 2 (December 1998). Waxse, David J., Suggested Responses to the Ethical Implications of Hourly Billing, 68 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 2 (January 1999). Zuckerman, Karen, Are Your Bills Fact or Fiction?, The Legal Intelligencer, Vol. 3502, pp. 6 (May 22, 2000).
Negative Effects/General Topics
Abbott, Ida O., Lawyer Maintenance: Protecting
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Liipfert, Next Shake-Up May Be Merger, Influence [On-line] http://www.law.com/ Hirshon, Robert E., New Commission Will Study the Billable Hour and its Impact on Both Client Needs and Pro Bono Service (Chicago: American Bar Association Preview: The President's Views), The National Law Journal, pp. C19 (August 6, 2001). In-House Survival in the Nineties, ACCA Docket Feature (September/October 1995). Is the Sky the Limit or Is the Sky About to Fall?, Of Counsel, Vol. 20, pp. 1-2, 7-9 (January 2001). Jones, Stephen W. and Beard Glover, Melissa, The Attack on Traditional Billing Practices, 20 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal 293 (Winter 1998). Kaveny, Cathleen M. and Murphy, John P., Billable Hours in Ordinary Times: A Theological Critique of the Instrumentalization of Time in Professional Life, 33 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 173 (Fall 2001). Kronman, Anthony T., The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. (1993). Laruitsen, Marc, It's About Time: Break the Hourly Billing Habit. Let Automated Practice Systems Power Pricing Innovations, Law Practice Management (April 2002). Law Office Management and Administration Report, Highlights of LOMAR's 2001 Law Firm Management Survey (December 2001). Lennon, Robert, Pro Bono Report, The American Lawyer (December 2001). Menkel-Meadow, Carrie, Symposium: The Future of the Legal Profession: Culture Clash in the Quality of Life in the Law: Changes in the Economics, Diversification and Organization of Lawyering, 44 Case Western Reserve Law Review 621 (1994). Middlemiss, Jim, Apparently, Reports of the Death of the Billable Hour Are Greatly Exaggerated, Canadian Lawyer, pp. 24-28 (May 1994). Morrison, Rees W., Law Department Benchmarks: Myths, Metrics, and Management (Glasser LegalWorks, Second Edition (2001). Neil, Martha, Off to a Running Start; Hirshon Announces Initiatives on Billable Hours and Student Loans, 87 American Bar Association Journal 82 (October 1, 2001). Podgers, James, Forging Ahead: Loan Repayment, Billable Hours Still Top Priorities, American Bar Association Journal (April 2002). Prescott, Lauren Eaton, The Verdict Is In on the Great Pay Hike, Texas Lawyer, pp.3 (March 6, 2000). Report on Selection of Outside Counsel by Corporations, ACCA Online (July 15, 1997). Rhode, Deborah, In the Interests of Justice, Oxford Press, pp. 168-183 (2001). Roy, Paul D., Pricing for Profitability: The Debate Over Hourly Billing, Legal Management, March/April 1989, Vol. 8. Schauerte, Mark, The Billable Hour Remains King as Rates for Some Partners Top $600 (Chicago Lawyer Survey), Chicago Lawyer, pp. 8 (June 2001). Seidenberg, Steve, Despite It All, Rates Rose at Many Firms, The National Law Journal, pp. B16-B19 (December 3, 2001). Short, Michael D. and Downey, Donna K., Maintaining a Balance: Managing in the Economic Downturn Requires Use of Both Short- and Long-Term Tactics, New Jersey Law Journal (December 3, 2001). Simmons, Michael, The Art of Billing, Law Practice Management, March 2002, pp. 64. Singleton, Ruth, Billable Hour: It Keeps On Ticking After Its Licking, The National Law Journal (December 2, 1996). Sneider, Susan R, Associate Pay Fallout: Law Firms Must Again Rethink Billable Hours, New York Law Journal (April 11, 2000). Snider, Debra H., Enough Is Just Enough. Outside Counsel, Listen Up: Perfection Is Not the Name of the Game. Just Get the Job Done, Corporate Counsel, (October 17, 2001). Time to Question the Billable
Hour 2001, Connecticut Law Tribune, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 19 (January 21,
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