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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Nobody in history has ever billed an actual 2000 truly billable hours in a year. I don't how low you set the bar on what's considered billable. When you slice out all the fuckaround time, daydreaming, internet time, personal phone calls, bathroom trips, lunches, etc... even the bare bones honest bills of those 10% of attys who don't use the industry standard 10-20% "pad" already have an inherent 10% fluff rate built into them.
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I agree with you that there is a certain amount of "fluff" built in, in the sense that no one can keep precise/exact track of the time spent actually doing productive work, and most lawyers will probably err on the side of inclusion.
I don't agree with or understand your "industry standard pad" theory. You seem to have worked in a very different industry.
S_A_M
