How to price and charge legal fees in times of crisis

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In times of crisis, we must pay attention to the difficulties in pricing, collecting and receiving legal fees. After all, even in normal times, they are already an arduous task for all legal professionals. Browse this content: show The crisis and social distancing caused by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic also affected the legal profession . This is because they accentuate the difficulty that all independent lawyers have in pricing, charging and receiving their legal fees. And this had greater emphasis during the period of suspension of procedural deadlines by the National Council of Justice from March 20th to May 4th, 2020.

Many colleagues still believe in a consolidated belief that is difficult to break, that law only lives off legal demands. However, we have already had the opportunity to write on this blog Albania Phone Number that this is not quite the case. Lawyers, as well as procedural managers and strategists, are, above all, professionals who guide, clarify and resolve conflicts before they become paralyzed for years on end in the Brazilian judicial system, increasingly incapable of managing the gigantic demand effectively and quickly. existing. In this context, the legal profession needs to be prepared to deal with the various conflicts and problems that will naturally arise with the economic recession, debts and suspension of activities that will be generated in all sectors and in all legal areas, thus consolidating its consultative and advisory facet.



legal. Judicial or extrajudicial, pricing is always a challenge, as we need to be aware of the reality of the legal market, so here we will bring some elements to help lawyers at any stage of their career to better value their legal work. Browse this content: What are the limits for pricing the value of a legal service? There are some safe criteria for a lawyer to price legal fees, but we have the following assumptions. 1. Minimum values ​​(floor) of the OAB legal fees table First, pay attention to the minimum pricing reference, which is the values ​​suggested by the OAB table in your State .