Corporate law firms had the highest hourly rates in the United States in 2022. In that year, law firms specializing in this area charged almost 350 U.S. dollars per hour. Intellectual property and bankruptcy followed with 342 and 343 U.S. dollars per hour, respectively.
Hourly rates charged by law firms the United States from 2020 to 2022, by practice area (in U.S. dollars)
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Clio. (November 24, 2022). Hourly rates charged by law firms the United States from 2020 to 2022, by practice area (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/941154/law-firms-highest-hourly-rates-practice-area-united-states/
Clio. "Hourly rates charged by law firms the United States from 2020 to 2022, by practice area (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941154/law-firms-highest-hourly-rates-practice-area-united-states/
Clio. (2022). Hourly rates charged by law firms the United States from 2020 to 2022, by practice area (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941154/law-firms-highest-hourly-rates-practice-area-united-states/
Clio. "Hourly Rates Charged by Law Firms The United States from 2020 to 2022, by Practice Area (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941154/law-firms-highest-hourly-rates-practice-area-united-states/
Clio, Hourly rates charged by law firms the United States from 2020 to 2022, by practice area (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941154/law-firms-highest-hourly-rates-practice-area-united-states/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Hourly rates charged by law firms the United States from 2020 to 2022, by practice area (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Clio, November 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/941154/law-firms-highest-hourly-rates-practice-area-united-states/