http://www.tjconleylaw.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.tjconleylaw.com/2009/10/minnesota-lawyers-are-a-bargain/ http://www.tjconleylaw.com/2009/10/minnesota-lawyers-are-a-bargain/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:39:56 +0000 tj http://www.tjconleylaw.com/?p=582 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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