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Example project: Request for Production of Documents

A hiring attorney delegated a first request for production, targeted at the other side's affirmative defenses, as a flat-fee project.

The details

What this project looked like

The real numbers from one posting a hiring attorney ran on LAWCLERK. Figures are from a single, permission-approved example, so your own rates and timelines will vary.

$400

Flat fee paid to the freelance attorney

6.25 hours

Hours the attorney billed their client

$756 (billed at $185/hr)

Attorney profit

Bankruptcy, Contract

Area of law

3 days

Application period

5 days

Project completed

The posting

First request for production of documents

The hiring attorney needed an initial request for documents prepared to one defendant, focused on obtaining documents pertinent to the affirmative defenses asserted in response to claims for breach of contract, aiding and abetting breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, slander of title, and negligence. Copies of the complaint and answer were provided to the selected applicant.

Prepare initial request for documents to one defendant focusing on obtaining the documents pertinent to the affirmative defenses asserted in response to the following claims: (i) breach of contract; (ii) aiding and abetting breach of contract; (iii) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (iv) slander of title; and (v) negligence. Copies of the complaint and answer will be provided to the selected applicant.

As posted by the hiring attorney

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