What are billing guidelines?
Billing guidelines direct or limit how the attorney presents his or her invoices to you. They can also direct what expenses you will and will not pay and how much you will pay for them. They do not directly direct or limit the attorneys actions in representation and so usually dont present the same types of ethical issues as do legal matter guidelines. As far as we are aware, to date, no jurisdiction has declared billing guidelines to be improper or unethical.
