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Meet The $2,000 An Hour Attorney
What It Takes To Earn Top Dollar In The Rate-Crunch Era
By Natalie Rodriguez | June 10, 2016, 5:01 PM EDT
The breaking of the $1,000 per hour barrier shocked the legal industry just five years ago, but today some in-house counsel are willing to pay twice that amount when competing to retain a game-changing attorney for a crucial case. And as legal departments demand cost savings from their outside counsel in other areas, skyrocketing rates at the top make it more important than ever for law firms to have some heavy hitters on the bench.