Pushing back on law firm invoices is common, and many firms are willing to negotiate rates.
If you feel the need to negotiate often, consider switching to a different firm.
Law firms often market themselves as cheaper with better expertise, but it's mostly a marketing tactic.
In reality, most law firms are similar in terms of their services and pricing.
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Most law firms, by the way, when you push back on their invoices, a lot of them will bargain with you and reduce the rates. If you are pushing back, you shouldn't feel you need to do that.
So, if you need to do that, you may often be better with another firm. One of the things I would tell you just as someone who's working in-house is that. A lot of times, law firms market themselves as being cheaper and having better expertise. That saves you money, and that's a lot of times how law firms come onto the scene and get famous by having some sort of way that they market themselves or things that they say about themselves that are going to, that makes them a little cheaper.
But in reality, it's most of the time, it's all the same thing. They're all the same type of firm.
