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“Ask about cost — not just hourlyt rate, but arrangements, fixed fee, fee caps,” said Joe Volman, co-chairmabn of the corporate group atin Boston. “Client are waking up to the fact that these kindsw of questions they may not have askerd in the past areentirely appropriate.” Is the law firm willinhg to consult off the clock? It sounds unlikely, but Volman said some Burns & Levinson are happy to have prospective clients run thingd by them on an informal “It’s important to work with firma that are not just hourly-rate-driven but relationship-driven,” Volmah said. “There’s a real move toward some certainty in legal fees.
Traditionally, a company would engagr a firm and geta bill. Sometimee they’d be surprised. There’s a real move to take out the surprisw factor and create certainty inlegalk fees.”