Missouri lawyer prices range from $65 to $793 per hour

At first, attorney Barbara Seely felt embarrassed about the prospect of publicity for her $65-an-hour pay.In a fee request in a discrimination case, Seely cited as her hourly fee the amount she gets paid as regional attorney for the St. Louis district office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. That request landed her on the bottom of Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s sixth annual Billing Rates sampling of hourly rates.

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Missouri lawyer prices range from $65 to $793 per hour

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