Information About Fees and Billing

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We appreciate the opportunity to serve you, and hope this page provides helpful information about our billing and payment practices and available fee arrangements. If you have any questions about your bill, your fee agreement, or your case, please feel free to give us a call at (781) 784-2322, or shoot us a note at [email protected].

Hourly Billing and Flat Fees

The standard practice for law firms is to bill time by the hour or portion of an hour and invoice periodically. For clients on an hourly billing agreement, we send out invoices each month for services provided in the prior month. These are sent out electronically, to the primary email we have on file. If you have provided a retainer, the invoice will reflect a credit in the amount drawn from the retainer and the outstanding balance (if any) after application of those funds.

In many cases we are able to provide services on a flat fee basis, which will be discussed in your initial consultation before you sign an engagement letter with the firm. In that case, you will be invoiced for the flat fee amount upon engagement, unless otherwise specified in your agreement. All flat fees paid for legal services are considered earned by the firm upon receipt.

Contingent Fee Cases

There are some cases we are able to take on a contingency fee basis, but we do not normally begin our engagement that way. In most cases, there will be a flat fee at the outset to review and assess your case. If we do go to litigation on a contingent fee basis, the remainder of the fees are either a percentage of whatever you recover in settlement or judgment or the billable value of the hours we invested in the case. In either event, once we enter that stage, payment of the fees is contingent on your recovery of a settlement or judgment. If we take your case on this basis, and you do not recover anything, you would not owe us anything other than the original flat fee and any out of pocket expenses that we need to incur in pursuing your claims. Most commonly these include filing fees with the court and fees paid to court reporters for depositions. If your case requires the help of an expert witness, we will discuss with you the cost-benefit analysis of hiring an expert before incurring those fees.

Payment Plans

We understand that not everyone has the available funds to pay for legal services all at once, and believe that should not stop you from getting the legal representation you need. We are always willing to work with you on a payment plan that is proportionate to the fees involved and works for you. If we enter a payment plan agreement, we will make arrangements to automatically charge the agreed payments, and as long as you are making the agreed payments, your account will be in good standing regardless of the balance.