| 41. | Reforms like the total elimination of the system of " billable hours, " so often abused.
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| 42. | But the $ 700 or so he saved in taxes cost about $ 1, 500 in billable time.
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| 43. | "People are driven to produce billable hours until the day they retire, " she said.
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| 44. | Starr's compensation is a percentage of the law firm's earnings, not on billable hours.
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| 45. | But she actually put in billable hours, drafted legal documents, went to court, did real work.
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| 46. | There is no telling how many passers-by or billable hours have been saved by a timely shed.
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| 47. | -- Bickel & AMP; Brewer, the Dallas-based law firm, has abandoned the billable hour.
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| 48. | Keeping track of billable hours is a nagging chore for attorneys, consultants and others who work for several clients.
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| 49. | The firm doesn't require associates to fulfill quotas for billable hours, a departure from accepted industry practice.
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| 50. | Even among lawyers, it seems, the average number of billable hours per year is now 1, 800.
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