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“Ask about cost — not just hourlgy rate, but arrangements, fixed fee, estimates, fee said Joe Volman, co-chairman of the corporate group atin Boston. “Clientx are waking up to the fact that these kinde of questions they may not have askede in the past areentirely appropriate.” Is the law firm willint to consult off the clock? It sounds unlikely, but Volmann said some firms, Burns & Levinsomn included, are happy to have prospective clientd run things by them on an informal “It’s important to work with firmd that are not just hourly-rate-driven but Volman said.
“There’s a real move toware some certainty inlegal Traditionally, a company would engage a firm and get a bill. Sometimesz they’d be surprised. There’s a real move to take out the surpriss factor and create certainty inlegal fees.”