Fees

Fee design is part of the strategy.

Hourly billing rewards effort. You want results. We structure engagements so the two point in the same direction — and we choose the fee structure that fits the matter, not the other way around.

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Flat-Fee Dispositive Motion Services

We offer defined-scope, flat-fee services for summary judgment analysis, motion preparation, and oral argument in qualifying matters. These services are designed to give clients predictability on cost while maintaining high-level strategic and written work product.

Defined-scope flat-fee motion work aligns counsel's effort toward a clear litigation objective: early case resolution, narrowing of issues, and efficient deployment of defense resources.

01Motion for Summary Judgment Viability Analysis$1,000
02Preparation of Motion for Summary Judgment$15,000 – $25,000
03Oral Argument$5,000

Motion for Summary Judgment Viability Analysis

Flat fee

$1,000

This service includes a targeted review of all liability-related discovery conducted to date, including written discovery responses, deposition transcripts, and documents produced in response to requests for production, excluding medical records unless otherwise agreed.

The deliverable is a legal memorandum assessing the viability of a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication, identifying the strongest available grounds for the motion, and recommending any additional discovery or evidentiary development that should be completed before filing.

This service is intended to help clients make an early and informed strategic decision about whether to invest in dispositive motion practice.

Preparation of Motion for Summary Judgment

Flat fee

$15,000 – $25,000

This service includes preparation of a complete court-ready motion package. The deliverables include the notice of motion and motion, memorandum of points and authorities, separate statement of undisputed material facts, compendium of evidence, attorney declaration, supporting employee declarations as needed, notice of lodgment of electronic media file if applicable, and assembly of all supporting exhibits.

This flat fee also includes review and analysis of the opposition papers, as well as drafting and preparation of the reply memorandum, at no additional charge.

Not included in this flat fee

Reserving hearing dates, filing, or service of motion papers
Lodging electronic media files
Meet-and-confer efforts regarding stipulations
Supplemental or post-reply briefing
Appearances at the motion hearing
Motion practice made necessary by facts outside the original defined scope

Oral Argument

Flat fee

$5,000

Single remote appearance

This engagement includes monitoring the docket for the tentative ruling, preparation for oral argument, and remote appearance at the hearing on the motion.

This fee assumes a single remote appearance on the scheduled hearing date. In-person appearances, continued hearings, or additional appearances are outside the scope of this flat fee unless separately agreed.

Engagement flexibility

Services may be retained separately or in sequence depending on case posture and client needs. In appropriate matters, the viability analysis may serve as the first step toward a later flat-fee motion engagement.

General scope limitation

Flat-fee pricing assumes a single-plaintiff, single-incident matter with a reasonably developed discovery record and no unusual evidentiary or procedural complications. Matters involving extensive video evidence, multiple parties, cross-complaints, large volumes of records, interpreter issues, or substantial separate-statement disputes may require adjusted pricing by agreement.

Fee structures

Flat phases

Defined-scope engagements at a set price.

When the scope of work is clear — early case evaluation, a specific motion, a discrete deposition.

Capped budgets

Full-matter work with a ceiling agreed up front.

When the matter is large but the total exposure is known. Overages are our risk, not yours.

Success-linked

Outcome-aligned where the economics make sense.

When a win is measurable — dispositive outcome, claim-closure target — and both parties want to align incentives.

Hourly

Only when a matter is genuinely unpredictable.

When volatility truly makes a fixed fee irresponsible. Even then, we scope in phases with monthly check-ins.

Fee transparency

Fees are agreed in writing before an engagement begins. Scope changes that would materially affect the fee are discussed up front — never sprung at the end of a billing cycle. If we can't structure a fee that honestly fits the matter, we'll tell you, and point you toward a firm that can.

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