What is the difference between flat fees versus an hourly rate?
There is a variety of different ways attorneys charge for their services and it would serve prospective parents well to research legal fees prior to signing any retainer agreements with a law firm. While some attorneys work on a contingency basis, this is not appropriate for the area of reproductive law and you should steer clear of any attorney who would offer you such a payment option in the field of reproductive law. Most attorneys will charge an hourly rate. This means that you are billed a set amount for every hour (or part of an hour) that the attorney is working on you case. Since it is nearly impossible to foresee the amount of time an attorney may need to spend on your case (especially in such an unsettled area of the law), such an arrangement makes it virtually impossible to budget your legal fees. Given all the unforeseeable expenses prospective parents find out about along the way, wouldn’t it be nice to know, up front, what your legal fees will be, before you even start th
