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If you’ve ever thought submitting an application for attorneys’ fee is a tedious and time-consuming job, think of the judge on the receiving end of your request. “We want to be lawyers, not accountants,” said Judge Nanette K. Laughrey. Laughrey, ...

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This year’s edition features an expansive set of data. We found rates for 213 Missouri-based attorneys and 77 Missouri staff members. We also feature rates for numerous lawyers and staff who work at out-of-state offices of Missouri or metro-area firms. A ...

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A former Missouri official who faced a tough fight over part of the Affordable Care Act faced another daunting challenge in trying to get paid for his work. Jay Angoff was the lead plaintiffs’ attorney in a lawsuit filed in ...

It’s no secret that New York is pricier than St. Louis, and that is certainly true when it comes to the amount that attorneys charge by the hour. A recent bankruptcy filing illustrates just how much. When the coal company ...

The hourly rates were gathered from applications for attorneys’ fees filed with courts within the last 12 months. Rate information from courts generally came from bankruptcy cases, class-action lawsuits and cases in which the winning side requested fees under statutory ...

Click on chart image to enlarge. Freelance researcher Jennie Goodman and senior reporter Scott Lauck researched the listings. Lauck, Goodman and staff reporter Catherine Martin analyzed the findings.

The average hourly billing rate increased slightly for Missouri lawyers this year, going to $382 from $365, according to Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s annual report. Check out this information, and the rates for over 300 attorneys, in BILLING RATES 2017!

There’s nothing more American than paying your own legal bills. But sometimes there are exceptions, as two recent cases in the Western District Court of Appeals demonstrate. Last March, the appeals court tentatively approved a departure from the so-called “American ...