Across |
3. | Recording time spent on a client matter for purposes of billing and productivity assessment. |
7. | appearing for or representing oneself. |
10. | Concerning or involving legal services that are provided for the public good without fee or compensation. |
11. | Charging a specific amount for each legal task performed |
13. | A flat fee for services regardless of the amount of time needed to complete the task |
15. | Charges or fees imposed by the court dierectly related to litigation in that court |
18. | Mixing what should be kept separate. |
19. | Restricted liability; liability that can be satisfied out of business assets, not out of personal assets. |
20. | An attorney hired to work for a relatively short period of time, usually on specific cases or projects. |
25. | All tasks needed to represent a client; all inclusive legal services |
29. | A posistion taken on behalf of a client that the attorney cannot support by a good faith arguement based on existing law or on the need for a change in the law |
30. | A bank account controlled by an attorney that contains client funds that may not be used for office operating expenses or for any personal perpose of the attorney |
32. | an attoney who practices alone-without partners or associates in the office. |
33. | An hourly or fixed fee that is reduced because of teh volume of business the client fives the office |
34. | A form used by an office to indicate that an expense has been incurred for which the client may or may not be billed. |
35. | An hourly rate leading to a final bill that will not exceed a predetermined amount |
36. | Impoverished; without funds to hire a private attorney |
39. | A method of storing client files by numbers or letter number combinations |
43. | An employee who is still in law school or who has completed law school and is waiting to pass the bar examination. |
44. | A corporation of persons performing services that require a professional license attorneys. |
46. | An hourly rate charged until the nature and scope of the legal problem are know, at which time fixed fees are charged for services provided thereafter. |
48. | Someone in charge of files in a large office |
49. | A fee that is paid only if the case is successfully resolved by litigation or settlement |
51. | A fee received by the defendants attorney that is dependent on the outcome of the case. |
52. | An attorney employee of a partnership who hopes to eventually be promoted to partner |
53. | A partner whose primary responsibility is management of the law firm |
54. | Existing or occurring in the same period of time; pertaining to records that are prepared on events as teh events are occurring or shortly thereafter |
59. | The act of hiring or engaging the services of some one, usually a professional. |
60. | A professinal who handles any kind of case. |
62. | Liability that can be satisfied out of an individuals personal assets |
63. | A full owner partner of a law firm |
64. | A paralegal who helps recruit, train, and supervise all paralegal in a law office. |
65. | A case applying a special statute that gives a judge authority to order the losiing party to pay the winning partys attorney and paralegal fees. |
66. | A method of charging for legal services based on factors such as the commplexity of the case or the results achieved rather than solely on the number of hours spent on the clients case |
67. | A law office within a corporation containing salaried attorneys who advise and represent the corporation. |
68. | The chief attorney in a corporate law department |