Billing 3200 Hours A Year

Das WSJ Law Blog berichtete, dass ... [...] Eliot Spitzer’s wife, an Skadden Arps associate in the 1980s, routinely billed about 3,200 hours a year. Nun fragt man die Leser, ob ein solcher Wert realistisch erreichbar sei (das sind 8,7h/Kalendertag). Die Leserkommentare sind zahlreich und teilweise in glaubwürdig vorgebrachter Empörung verfasst: I practice at a large NY law firm and have billed between 2,800 and 3,100 hours each year. I do several all-nighters a month; work at least 12 hours on one weekend day virtually every weekend; and take no vacations (outside of an occassional long weekend). It’s bad, but it’s certainly not impossible. And I NEVER pad my hours. Die Gegenposition: I’ve been …