legal fees
Lawyer's billable charges
Legal fees are the charges paid to lawyers for their professional services.
These include hourly rates, flat fees for specific tasks, retainers, and contingency arrangements where attorneys take a percentage of any award.
In litigation, the losing party may be ordered to pay the winner's legal fees: The company was liable for $50,000 in legal fees.
- hourly ratePay calculated by time
- contingency feePayment from case winnings
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- law firmAttorneys' business entity
- invoiceItemized billing statement
civil litigation · pro bono · client · payment plan · out of pocket · tax deduction · retainer · billable hours · flat fee · criminal defense · discovery process · paralegal · expert witness · fine print · travel expenses · escrow account · billing cycle · estate planning
- feesfee, service fee, service charge, flat fee, annual fee
- German LawRichter, constitutional court, constitutional law, federal law, basic law
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, cost, costs
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- business expensespayroll, office rent, salaries, wages, office supplies
- business problemscash flow, hiring, staffing, payroll, expenses
legal feescourt fines
Money owed after conviction
penalties · criminal fines · civil penalties · punitive damages · sanctions
legal feespro bono work
Free professional services
legal aid · free consultation · court-appointed counsel · self-representation