{"id":109348,"date":"2025-02-26T23:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T07:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/26\/meet-one-of-biglaws-most-well-known-3000-an-hour-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T07:02:37","slug":"meet-one-of-biglaws-most-well-known-3000-an-hour-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/26\/meet-one-of-biglaws-most-well-known-3000-an-hour-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet One Of Biglaw\u2019s Most Well-Known $3,000 An Hour Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Spiro (Photo by Marlena Sloss\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How much do you think it costs to hire one of the busiest, most \u201crelentless\u201d Biglaw partners in the game? If you guessed $2,000 an hour, you\u2019d be wrong. You need to go even higher if you want to get representation from a lawyer whose clients include the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and famed actor Alec Baldwin. <\/p>\n

If you can pay $3,000 an hour, you can get Quinn Emanuel\u2019s Alex Spiro<\/a> on your legal team.<\/p>\n

According to Reuters<\/a>, a small group of lawyers at the elite Biglaw firm \u2014 which brought in $2,079,448,000 gross revenue in 2023, putting it at No. 18 on the Am Law 100 \u2014 are now charging these sky-high rates, including global co-managing partner William Burck<\/a>. Here are some additional details on the firm\u2019s billing practices:<\/p>\n

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Quinn Emanuel\u2019s $3,000 top rate marks a milestone for leading U.S. law firms as lawyers\u2019 hourly fees continue to soar.<\/p>\n

Law firms routinely raise their rates each year, and top rates at some of the largest U.S. firms have pushed past $2,500 an hour or higher in recent years, court\u00a0records show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Quinn Emanuel said in its court filings that its partners now bill between $1,860 and $3,000 an hour. It said it will charge between $1,775 and $2,725 an hour for \u201cof counsel\u201d attorneys at the firm, and between $1,035 and $1,665 for associates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Biglaw billing rates keep climbing higher and higher for the most in-demand lawyers, and it really shows at Quinn Emanuel, where the firm\u2019s top billable rates have grown by nearly 34% since 2022, when top partners topped out at $2,130 an hour.<\/p>\n

Do you know any other Biglaw partners who are able to command $3,000 an hour? Please text us (646-820-8477) or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0and let us know which firm they work for. Thanks!<\/p>\n

Want to hire Elon Musk\u2019s lawyer? That will be $3,000 an hour<\/a> [Reuters]<\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Meet One Of Biglaw\u2019s Most Well-Known $3,000 An Hour Lawyers<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Alex Spiro (Photo by Marlena Sloss\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How much do you think it costs to hire one of the busiest, most \u201crelentless\u201d Biglaw partners in the game? If you guessed $2,000 an hour, you\u2019d be wrong. You need to go even higher if you want to get representation from a lawyer whose clients include the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and famed actor Alec Baldwin. <\/p>\n

If you can pay $3,000 an hour, you can get Quinn Emanuel\u2019s Alex Spiro<\/a> on your legal team.<\/p>\n

According to Reuters<\/a>, a small group of lawyers at the elite Biglaw firm \u2014 which brought in $2,079,448,000 gross revenue in 2023, putting it at No. 18 on the Am Law 100 \u2014 are now charging these sky-high rates, including global co-managing partner William Burck<\/a>. Here are some additional details on the firm\u2019s billing practices:<\/p>\n

\n

Quinn Emanuel\u2019s $3,000 top rate marks a milestone for leading U.S. law firms as lawyers\u2019 hourly fees continue to soar.<\/p>\n

Law firms routinely raise their rates each year, and top rates at some of the largest U.S. firms have pushed past $2,500 an hour or higher in recent years, court\u00a0records show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Quinn Emanuel said in its court filings that its partners now bill between $1,860 and $3,000 an hour. It said it will charge between $1,775 and $2,725 an hour for \u201cof counsel\u201d attorneys at the firm, and between $1,035 and $1,665 for associates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Biglaw billing rates keep climbing higher and higher for the most in-demand lawyers, and it really shows at Quinn Emanuel, where the firm\u2019s top billable rates have grown by nearly 34% since 2022, when top partners topped out at $2,130 an hour.<\/p>\n

Do you know any other Biglaw partners who are able to command $3,000 an hour? Please text us (646-820-8477) or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0and let us know which firm they work for. Thanks!<\/p>\n

Want to hire Elon Musk\u2019s lawyer? That will be $3,000 an hour<\/a> [Reuters]<\/p>\n

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\"Staci
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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