Carolyn, I here what you are saying about fiduciary duties, and ethics, which need to be taken into account under any pricing paradigm. But let me say this: I believe hourly billing is immoral and unethical. And I can back up the case with philosophy. Despite what David Giacalone has written about me, I take ethics very seriously (I teach ethics for CPAs around the world). I find it amazing people can defend hourly billing given all the ethical challenges it has created for the professions. I look forward to your attendance!

I am looking forward to your class. As you may know from our previous exchanges at your site, I’m a fan of any kind of alternative billing (indeed, I only handle a small number of cases hourly) but at the same time, believe that we lawyers have fiduciary duties to our clients that need to be accounted for in any value based arrangements.

Carolyn Elefant

Looking forward to having Ron here. Can’t wait to learn the ins and outs of value from him.