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well the firm is Taylor bean and HR and
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we focus almost exclusively on family
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law and all the different aspects of
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family law that would be divorce
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adoption termination of parental rights
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custody modification of custody alimony
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Child Support Division of property
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we charge on an hourly basis as do I
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think
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99.9% of all uh family lawyers each
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lawyer has their own hourly rate based
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on their experience and ability the most
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expensive lawyers in our firm Are $500
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an hour we have associate lawyers that
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bill at lower amounts we have paral
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leals uh that bill at much lower amounts
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you do not need a $500 an hour lawyer to
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go to Court simply to obtain a a motion
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date or to talk to a court clerk about
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getting subpoenas out so we try to use
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the least expensive Personnel or staff
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person to accomplish the goal now a lot
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of family lawyers now bill in 15minute
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increments our Tennessee Supreme Court
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has said that is
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allowable uh we do not if you talk to a
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lawyer that bills in 15minute increments
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you get billed for 15 minutes even if if
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you talk to them for 5 minutes we build
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by the tenth of an hour We’re very
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detailed in our billing if you talk to
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us for five minutes unfortunately you
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get build for six minutes but that’s
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because it’s the smallest increment our
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software uh Works in but when you’re
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talking about hourly rates like we’re
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talking about the difference between 5
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minutes and 15 minutes can can add up to
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a lot of money