{"id":137016,"date":"2025-11-17T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/17\/the-key-to-biglaws-good-year-raising-billable-rates\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:10:06","slug":"the-key-to-biglaws-good-year-raising-billable-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/17\/the-key-to-biglaws-good-year-raising-billable-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key To Biglaw\u2019s Good Year? Raising Billable Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Wells Fargo\u2019s Legal Specialty Group Nine-Month 2025 Survey, the average standard billing rate for the top 200 firms rose how much year-over-year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: The first nine months of 2025 saw a sharper increase in billable rates that the same period in 2024, with the top 50 Biglaw firms\u2019 standard rate growth higher than for other tiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/11\/the-key-to-biglaws-good-year-raising-billable-rates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Key To Biglaw\u2019s Good Year? Raising Billable Rates<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/money-up-arrow-GettyImages-1292713874-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Wells Fargo\u2019s Legal Specialty Group Nine-Month 2025 Survey, the average standard billing rate for the top 200 firms rose how much year-over-year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: The first nine months of 2025 saw a sharper increase in billable rates that the same period in 2024, with the top 50 Biglaw firms\u2019 standard rate growth higher than for other tiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/11\/the-key-to-biglaws-good-year-raising-billable-rates\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/11\/the-key-to-biglaws-good-year-raising-billable-rates\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Wells Fargo\u2019s Legal Specialty Group Nine-Month 2025 Survey, the average standard billing rate for the top 200 firms rose how much year-over-year? 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