Question: You have performed 18 hours of work on the matter and your administrative assistant has performed four hours of work on the matter. How many hours of work are you able to bill client a for?

CLIENT BILLING (This must be done before moving on to the first specialized journal: the fees book) 1 hour Billing time: REVIEW Conversion Chart, Figure 6.1 6 minutes . Use six-minute intervals 54 Minutes Decimal Conversion 1.0 (1/10 of an hour) 0.1 49 min 1-6 0.1 0.9 0.2 7-12 0.2 Ex. 48 12 13-18 0.3 . Rate of $80/hour for 48 0.8 19-24 0.4 minutes 0.3 25-30 0.5 $80 X 0.8 = $64.00 42 18 31-36 0.6 0.7 0.4 27-42 0.7 OR 43-48 0.8 " $80 x (48 minutes/60) 0.6 0.5 rounded to o.8 = $64 36 24 49-54 0.9 30 55-60 1.0 6