Seth Leventhal, in his excellent blog Minnesota Litigator, points out what many of us have known for a long time:  Minnesota lawyers are a “bargain” compared to their brethern from Chicago and the coasts.   While the blended hourly rate charged by Minnesota lawyers representing one of the Petters defendants was $309,  their Chicago counterparts were looking for $547 an hour.  Having litigated against many Chicago lawyers, I can confidently say that they are not worth $238 per hour more than we Minnesota lawyers!

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