Bryan Pringle v. William Adams Jr et al
Filing
282
DECLARATION of Barry I. Slotnick in support of MOTION for Attorney Fees of all Defendants 280 filed by Defendants David Guetta, Frederick Riesterer, Shapiro Bernstein and Co. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Exhibit 6, # 7 Exhibit 7, # 8 Exhibit 8, # 9 Exhibit 9, # 10 Exhibit 10, # 11 Exhibit 11, # 12 Exhibit 12, # 13 Exhibit 13, # 14 Exhibit 14, # 15 Exhibit 15, # 16 Exhibit 16, # 17 Exhibit 17, # 18 Exhibit 18, # 19 Exhibit 19, # 20 Exhibit 20 (Part One), # 21 Exhibit 20 (Part Two), # 22 Exhibit 21)(Miller, Donald)
ME NATIONAL LAW JOURNIAL/WWW.NU.COM I DECEMBER 19. 2011
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IBILLING SURVEY
A nationwide sampling of law firm billing rates
The National Law Journal asked the respondents to its 2011 survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms to provide a
range of hourly billing rates. Firms that supplied the information are listed in alphabetical order.
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AVERAGE
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Baker, Donelson, Beannan. Caldwell & Berkowitz
Memphis, Tenn:
527
$311
$310
$595
$250
$357
$345
$315
Best Best & Krieger
Riverside, Calif
195
$358
$350
$575
$275
$417
$420
$375
$205
Brim and Morgan
Minneapolis
185
$525
$325
5305
$230
Broad and Cassel
Orlando, Fla
160
$377
$350
$575
$295
$435
$395
$350
Bryan Cave
St. Louis
908
$475
$460
$795
$375
$565
5553
$540
$225
$265
$240
$180
$265
$265
$200
$356
$360
Butzel Long
Detroit
176
$700
$325
$440
$425
$225
$274
Carlton Fields
Tampa, Fla
270
$397
$400
$815
$320
$470
$470
$380
$195
$262
$265
Cozen O'Connor
Philadelphia
504
$439
$410
$900
$305
$510
$490
$550
$225
$330
$330
Day Pitney
Parsippany. NJ
324
$447
$450
$960
$380
$537
$525
$470
$235
$317
$315
Dickinson Wright
Detroit
229
$600
$325
$320
$200
Dkksiein Shapiro
Washington
335
$560
$550
$1,000
$540
$680
$670
$545
$225
$435
$465
Dinsmore & Shohl
Cincinnati
407
$308
$295
$630
$150
$373
$370
$310
$130
$217
$220
DLA Piper
New York
3,348
$585
$615
$1,120
$530
$747
$730
$730
$320
$508
$510
Dorsey & ‘Vhitnev
Minneapolis
567
$426
$405
$810
$295
5526
$525
$455
$190
$294
$275
Duane Morris
Philadelphia
629
$503
$500
$875
$375
$575
$570
$530
$225
$365
$365
Dykema Gossett
Detroit
333
$406
$400
$665
$310
$482
0485
$395
0260
$309
$305
Epstein Becker & Green
New York
300
$428
$425
$850
5350
$519
5500
5550
$195
$341
$325
$730
$460
$525
$440
$275
Fitzpatrick. Cella, Harper &Scinto
New York
168
Fox Rothsdiild
Philadelphia
450
5413
$420
$725
$325
'
$486
$483
$455
$190
$325
$297
$295
Frost Brown Todd
Cincinnati
401
$296
$295
$515
$205
$340
$340
$265
$150
$200
$200
Gardere Wynne Sewell
Dallas
265
$435
$450
$1315
$380
$550
5550
$500
$225
$325
5320
Gibbons
Newark, NJ.
199
$505
$450
$725
$400
$563
$505
$475
$285
$380
$320
Harris Reach
Rochester, N Y
176
$390
$275
$260
$160
Hiscock & Barclay
Syracuse, N.Y.
174
$350
$150
$207
$195
$269
$240
$750
$195
$304
$265
Hodgman Russ
Buffalo, N Y.
199
$685
$240
$378
$360
$420
$180
$234
$225
Holland & Knight
Washington
910
9445
$455
$895
$300
$530
5520
5495
$175
$295
$290
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
New York
300
$633
$615
$990
5625
$828
$800
$695
$270
$533
$540
Husch Blacktvell
St Louis
551
$341
$340
$850
$225
5395
$390
$425
$175
$226
$210
lackson Kelly
Charleston, W.Va.
170
$275
$275
$505
$255
$319
5325
5260
$155
$208
$205
Kaye Schuler
New York
425
$661
$665
$1,080
$585
$031
$835
$705
$310
$519
$525
Kelley Drye &Warren
New York
321
$479
$400
$925
$480
$634
$645
$595
$275
$425
$420
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
Irvine, Calif.
268
$439
$415
$735
9415
$525
$500
$495
$295
$3 ,16
5345
Lane Powell
Seattle
180
$405
$425
$645
$340
$/160
$450
$360
$225
$295
$285
Lathrop & Gage
Kansas City, Mo
281
$337
$340
$735
$275
$390
$390
$410
$205
$246
$245
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh
St. Louis
162
$275
$470
$270
$320
$150
Lowenstein Sandler
Roseland, NJ.
249
5478
$480
$895
$435
$613
$595
$660
$250
$400
$390
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Los Angeles
322
$602
$620
$850
$540
$676
$670
$550
$215
$464
$500
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Ca rp en te r
Morristown, NJ
272
$245
$275
$575
0295
9350
5375
$325
$185
$250
$235
SlcKenna Long & Aldridge
Atlanta
425
$472
$455
$800
$405
$562
$540
$510
$215
$374
$315
Michael Best & Friedrich
Milwaukee
208
$321
$310
$650
$245
$413
$310
$205
$241
Mlller & Martin
Chattanooga, Tenn_
184
$313
$325
$610
$240
$369
$375
$275
$185
$215
$215
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Columbia, S.C.
399
$318
$310
$850
$220
5412
$400
$350
$170
$255
$250
Nexsen Pruet
Columbia, S C.
178
$550
$235
$265
$170
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BILLING SURVEY
SAMPLING, FROM PAGE 12
EIPm N.AME
AVERAGE
TULL EWE
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AtICIRNLYS'
PRINCIPAL OR
LARGEST OITICE
IRMIVIDE
ASSOCIATE
PARTNER
MIME
MU
NIGH
LOW
AVEMGE
NEDRA
HIGH
Low
$546
$540
$990
$410
$659
$645
$570
$825
$380
$557
$460
$875
$285
$550
$545
$465
$190
$281
$275
$630
$275
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• BM
$240
$410
$415
$235
$344
$590
$215
$368
$245
$150
$189
$IN
$335
$205
$300
Patton Boggs
Washington
512
Pepper Hamilton
Philadelphia
459
Perkins Coie
Seattle
693
$462
Phelps Dunbar
New Orleans
280
$236
Polsinelli Shughan
Kansas City, Mo
466
Saul Ewing
Philadelphia
220
$431
$450
$750
$350
$502
$490
$495
$245
$326
Schulte Roth & Zabel
New York
406
$615
$630
$935
$770
$1346
$840
$675
$285
$608
$580
$341
$340
$225
$355
$860
$437
$790
$505
SevIarth Shaw
Chicago
702
Sheppard, Orlullin, Richter & Hampton
Los Angeles
465
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
Toledo. Ohio
208
$345
$365
$555
$265
$364
0375
$320
$195
$252
$250
Stoel Rives
Portland, Ore
373
5385
$395
$625
5320
$451
6450
$500
$195
$292
$275
Strasburger & Price
Dallas
181
$363
$362
$630
$211
$395
£397
$332
$199
$250
$238
Thompson & Knight
Dallas
319
$520
$520
$875
$440
$594
9585
$460
$250
$358
$350
$425
$528
St Lows
179
$445
$275
$735
4295
$500
$365
$477
\ edder Price
Chicago
246
0445
Dallas
265
$406
Winston & Strawn
Chicago
868
$557
$550
$1,130
$580
$713
Wyatt. -Tarrant & Combs
Louisville, Ky
181
$312
$350
$500
$240
$325
$490
$195
$390
$405
Winstead
'
$225
$445
S280
$680
$316
$315
$585
325
Cleveland
$505
$635
$750
!Thompson Coburn
Ulmer & Berne
$525
$200
$260
$520
$265
$345
$410
$215
$301
$700
$600
6350
$434
$413
$375
$275
S180
S220
$235
$335
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IBILLING SURVEY
Firms report their billing rates by associate class
Below is a sampling of hourly rates charged by law firms that establish billing rates based on associate class.
Firms that supplied this information are listed in alphabetical order.
FIRM NAME
PRINCIPAL OR
LARGEST OFFICE
AVERAGE FIE
ATTORNEYS'
151 YEAR
ii niic
30 YEAR
4Ili YEAR
5T11 YEAR
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1 til YEAR
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Brvan Cave
St Louis
908
0200-$365
82004355
$2504385
$2254420
$300-$430
$3354455
82804485
83504510
Butzel Long
Detroit
176
$225
Carlton Fields
Tampa, Fla
270
$1954210
$210-$225
$210-$225
$225-$240
$2504265
$255-$315
$275-$365
$3004380
Cozen O'Connor
Philadelphia
504
$225-$290
$225-$290
$235-$320
$245-$360
$245-$340
$2654350
$285-$380
$290-$395
Day Pitney
Parsippany, NJ.
324
$244
$275
$295
$291
$301
$335
$360
$351
Dickinson Wright
Detroit
229
$195
$205
$210
$220
$235
$245
$255
$265
Dickstein Shapiro
Washington
335
$225-$290
$275-$385
$330-$440
$345-$465
$360-$490
$390-$510
$425-$530
$435-$545
Dinsmore & Shohl
Cincinnati
407
$185
$195
$210
$225
$235
$245
$255
$265
DLA Piper
New York
3,348
$345
$395
$455
$520
$580
$620
$650
$675
Dorsey & Wh lin ey
Minneapolis
567
$238
$253
$260
$297
$305
$336
$370
Duane N 'orris
Philadelphia
629
$280
$305
$320
$335
$350
$370
$380
$420
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
New York
168
$275
$300
$325
$350
$370
$385
$405
$420
Fox Rothschild
Philadelphia
450
$220-$235
$2304265
$240-$285
$2404285
$245-$300
$270-$455
$190-$410
$2604425
Frost Brown Todd
Cincinnati
401
$150
$1654185
$175-$185
$180-$235
S190-$230
$190-$240
$185-$260
$200-$265
Gardere Wynne Sewell
Dallas
265
$225
$260
$290
$320
$350
$370
$385
$400
$215
$215
$235
$235
$260
Harris Beach
Rochester, N Y.
176
$160
$175
$200
Hiscock & Barclay
Syracuse, N.Y.
174
$175
$175
$195
$195
$205
$205
$205
$220
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
New York
300
$350
$450
$510
$540
$570
$600
$615
$630
Jackson Kelly
Charleston, W Va
170
$180
$195
$205
$215
$225
$240
Kaye Scholer
New York
425
$320
$410
$475
$525
$570
$595
$620
$640
Kelley Drye & Warren
New York
321
$305
$305
$350
$380
$420
$450
$470
$500
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
Irvine, Calif.
268
$295
$320
$345
$370
$395
Lane Powell
Seattle
180
$250
$260
$260-$340
$2604305
$2604325
$265-$340
$305-$330
$300-$360
Lathrop & Gage
Kansas City, Mo.
281
$205
$210
$220
$230
$250
$255
$270
$280
$195
$215
$225
$235
$250
$265
$275
$408
McElroy, Deutsch, N lulyaney & Carpenter
Morristown, NJ
272
$185
McKenna Long & Aldridge
Atlanta
425
$275
$280
$317
$346
$354
$371
$386
Michael Best & Friedrich
Milwaukee
208
$210
$205-$230
$210-$250
$220-$300
$225-$260
$240-$295
$2204265
$230-$305
Nelson Mullins Riley &Scarborough
Columbia, S C
399
$170-$265
$210-$345
$2154295
$225-$325
$1954335
$205-$350
$245-$325
$255-$270
$325
$355
$385
$415
$445
$465
$490
Patton Boggs
Washington
512
$300
Perkins Coie
Seattle
693
$264
Saul Ewing
Philadelphia
220
Schulte Roth &Zabel
$273
$284
$291
$321
$337
$359
$378
$245-$255
82504280
$275-$300
$275-$340
$275-$310
$295-$325
$3204450
New York
406
$285-$390
$465
$515
$560
$580
$605
$630
$650
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Los Angeles
465
$2754340
$3404440
$3804490
$410-$525
$435-$555
$460-$580
$4854610
55054635
Shumaker, Loop &Kendrick
Toledo, Ohio
208
$205
Strasburger & Pnce
Dallas
181
$221
$234
$221
$238
$258
$259
$284
8275
Thompson &Knight
Dallas
319
$250-$280
$315
$350
$385
$405
$425
$445
$460
Vedder Price
Chicago
246
$255
$265
$280
$300
$320
$335
$355
$370
Winstead
Dallas
265
6215
$215
$240
$260
$290
$315
$335
$ 360
Winston & Strawn
Chicago
868
$350
$375
8400
$435
$470
$500
$525
$550
Wyatt. Tarrant & Combs
Louisville, Ky.
181
$180
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