lawman - 11:50 am on Feb 25, 2002 (gmt 0)

Robert:

Your question from the prior post was:

>>I suppose this would be akin to a designer's charging for page templates or a lawyer for boilerplate contracts. Is there established practice on how to arrive at charges?

When I used to put together contracts for clients, I usually was able to modify a basic contract I had on the computer. I charged a fee that would entail the amount of time it took to insert terms specific to the client, the time spent modifying 'standard' clauses, the time it took to print and re-edit, and the time it took to go over the contract with the client.

This amount of time is fairly easy to estimate and I usually quoted a flat fee up front.

Lawman