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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by legalpotato » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:24 pm

randomthrowaway wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:03 am
I don't believe anyone really has a 10 inch dick without padding. A 6 inch dick, with detailed measurements stating exactly the length (i.e., 6 inches that is 95% erect is very hard). If you work it every single weekend maybe you can bump that to 6.5 inches. But 10 inches? I simply don't believe it.
I saw Hunter Biden's photo where he started the measuring tape back at his butthole and then wrapped the tape around his dick a few times, and he only got up to 9. 10 is simply not possible

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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by Definitely Not North » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:36 pm

itt every day we stray further from gods light

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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by tlsguy2020 » Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:35 pm

NoLongerALurker wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:23 am
Guys -- $3,000 hours. Maybe OP is just saying that all super-senior elder-statesmen partners are notorious padders. This is all just a misunderstanding.
This is objectively true. Reviewed a bill for a client that refuses block billing. Filled with 0.4s, 0.5s with detailed descriptions and then 8.0 "Correspondence, discussions" from 70-year old $2200/hr partner.

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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by The Lsat Airbender » Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:36 pm

tlsguy2020 wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:35 pm
NoLongerALurker wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:23 am
Guys -- $3,000 hours. Maybe OP is just saying that all super-senior elder-statesmen partners are notorious padders. This is all just a misunderstanding.
This is objectively true. Reviewed a bill for a client that refuses block billing. Filled with 0.4s, 0.5s with detailed descriptions and then 8.0 "Correspondence, discussions" from 70-year old $2200/hr partner.
Even more based than "review due diligence" guy

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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by almostperfectt » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:39 pm

The Lsat Airbender wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:36 pm
tlsguy2020 wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:35 pm
NoLongerALurker wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:23 am
Guys -- $3,000 hours. Maybe OP is just saying that all super-senior elder-statesmen partners are notorious padders. This is all just a misunderstanding.
This is objectively true. Reviewed a bill for a client that refuses block billing. Filled with 0.4s, 0.5s with detailed descriptions and then 8.0 "Correspondence, discussions" from 70-year old $2200/hr partner.
Even more based than "review due diligence" guy
Billing narratives are discoverable so the vaguer the better (some old partner told me that once)

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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by dtlaatty » Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:49 pm

Monochromatic Oeuvre wrote:
Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:55 pm
I don't believe anyone really plays in the NBA. High school ball, with good defense and efficient scoring, is very hard. If you work every single weekend maybe you can bump that to a D-1 scholarship. But the NBA? I simply don't believe it.
This analogy is…not apt.

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Re: I don't believe anyone really bills $3,000 hours without padding

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:19 am

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Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:13 am
Good for you. You’ve never billed a 3000 year. I’ll tell you a secret: when you bill a 3000 hr year, you actually work closer to 3,250. Time gets lost when you’re that busy, not “found”. You don’t “pad;” to the contrary, you don’t bill everything.
I cannot agree with this more. I am close to 3,000 hours this year, and I have definitely underbilled. It really is as boring as, I bill generally 12 hours a week day (does vary quite a bit) and I bill 6 to 10 on many of my weekend days. This is even after taking some vacation. Some days I am working from when I wake up to when I went to bed.

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