How do we bill legal fees?
A few immigration lawyers bill legal fees on an "hourly" basis and send monthly statements to clients informing them how many hours the lawyer claims to have worked during that month and demanding payment on a monthly basis. Of course, under this method the client can never be sure how much money she or he will end up paying for legal fees.Other immigration lawyers require an initial "retainer" with additional amounts (undetermined at the time the lawyer is hired) to be billed in the future, in the event that the case turns out to be more "difficult" than the lawyer originally expected. Under this method the client can never be sure whether the lawyer will claim at some later date that the case is more difficult than she or he had expected, and that even more money for legal fees will be necessary if the client wants the lawyer to stay on the case.
At the Law Office of John R. Alcorn, our legal fees are billed only on a "flat fee" basis. This means that we determine what amount of money we think constitutes a fair legal fee. If the person agrees that this is a fair legal fee, and if she or he decides to sign a written agreement with us (the written agreement specifically states that the legal fee will never be increased), then we have officially entered into "an attorney/client relationship." If a person cannot pay the legal fee in one payment, we are happy to work out a monthly payment schedule. Additionally, we accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express for payment of legal fees.
Our clients know the exact amount of our legal fee pertaining to their case from the day they retain us, and they have the security of knowing that our legal fee will never be increased, and that we will continue to represent them without any additional legal fees until their case is fully resolved.
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