Lower Fees

Partnership with client.

We need your help to keep your legal fees down. The more information and input you can give us, the better. We ask our clients to provide primary documentation relating to all the assets, income and debts. We will ask you to review support calculations and equitable distribution schedules. We will need you to be focused and attentive to those issues so that our work can be as accurate and accountable to your needs as possible. We will assist you in budgeting for your new life plan.

Variable Rates.

This office has different billing rates for everyone who works here and, as a result, we can allocate delivery of services from this office to the individuals whose work can be billed at the most cost effective rate for you. Our billing rates are higher than those of psychologists. Thus, you will help yourself by ventilating and discussing relevant non-financial issues with your therapist, if you have one. If your therapist is giving you different advice than we are, it is useful to release us to speak with each other, so you have the security of harmonized advice.

Billing Practices.

We ask for a refundable retainer and ask for monthly payments, if and when the retainer is exhausted. Our monthly bills are detailed and we welcome your questions and comments about time spent. You will be asked to sign a retainer letter in a standard form used by this office. We do not commence work until we have received a retainer. The retainer is determined individually for each client and may vary from $1,000.00 for a simple, no fault divorce to $10,000.00 for the most complicated case.