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[BobT]

Originally Posted by glatt

I understand what you are saying and that there may be an understanding where you work that getting a certain job done will result in an hourly charge of a set amount, but at my firm, we are very serious that you don't pad the bill. If you didn't spend the time working on a case, you better not bill the client for it. That's just wrong, especially when you consider that our hourly rates are extremely high. Getting caught falsifying time records is something that will get you fired very quickly here.

i am not suggesting that you "pad" a bill, but any person that is working for 4 straight hours on a project will spend a certain amount of time daydreaming, getting a glass of water, using the restroom, or checking their personal email. what i suggest is that at the end of 4 hours the project was done, and that the resulting work product was such that a 4 hour fee was justly due.