You are business manager for a partnership of attorneys. You have analyzed past records and discover that

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You are business manager for a partnership of attorneys. You have analyzed past records and discover that the number of hours spent by support staff (legal assistants, intern law students, and junior staff members) for whom direct billing is not made on any one legal engagement will usually be about 80 percent of the hours spent by attorneys whose time Ccin be billed directly to the clients. You have been asked to develop a plan for charging clients so that the costs of the support people will be included in the charges. Suggest how you might carry out this request; that is, describe a billing system that meets the request.

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Cost Accounting Principles And Applications

ISBN: 9780028034287

6th Edition

Authors: Horace R. Brock, Linda Herrington

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