First meeting with a lawyer checklist for law firms
Checklist for small law firms
For small law firms who want people with a legal problem, who have not yet chosen a lawyer, on their list.
Worksheet
Fixed fee or hourly: what your legal matter might cost
How to use this worksheet
Send it to people weighing quotes. Seeing hourly and fixed costs side by side makes the choice clear, and starts a conversation.
What is inside
Work out your figureHours it might take
What a fixed fee should includeThe work covered: Each stage, written down.
Costs people forgetDisbursements
If the hourly estimate looks lowerCheck the hours. Estimates often grow once work starts.
Using your figurePut in the figures from one quote.
Three title ideas for your own version
Fixed fee or hourly: what your legal matter might cost
The legal costs worksheet
Compare a fixed fee with an hourly quote
Where to promote it
Local Facebook groupsyour newslettera link on your pricing pagea follow up email after a first call
What goes in a legal costs worksheet?
A calculator comparing an hourly estimate with a fixed fee, then what a fixed fee should include, the costs people forget and what to ask any firm.
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