How are LRC research budgets formulated?
A one-issue memorandum generally takes between 5 and 15 hours, a one-issue brief 15 hours, and an appellate brief 25 hours or more. Customers often ask LRC’s Research Attorneys to invest between three and five hours of time in a project before a final budget is agreed upon. At that time, the Research Attorney will also estimate charges for disbursements, generally averaging 20 percent of the labor bill.
