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	Alternatives to the Billable Hour Below is a sampling of firms that provided information about the alternative billing methods they use most often. The percentages denote estimated portions of the firms' revenues obtained through such methods. Firm Revenue from Alternative Billing Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld less than 1%—value billing Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn less than 5%—fixed fee, flat fee Cozen O'Connor 28%—contingency fee, fixed fee, premium billing Duane Morris 5% or less—fixed fee Holland & Knight 20%—blended rate, contingency fee, fixed fee, value billing Lane Powell Spears Lubersky 5%—value billing Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin 15%—value billing McCarter & English 12%-15%—contingency fee, fixed fee, value billing Michael Best & Friedrich 9%—flat rate, retainer, value billing Miller Nash 3%—value billing Patton Boggs 15%—capped fee, monthly retainer, success fee Pepper Hamilton 3%—full contingency fee, partial contingency fee, fixed fee Reed Smith 10%—value billing Saul Ewing 10%—fixed fee, contingency fee Strasburger & Price 0.15%—contingency fee, flat fee, value billing, task-based billing, fixed rate and blended rate (The National Law Journal, December 2002)

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