The National Law Journal reports today that the new top hourly rate charged by a U.S. lawyer is an even grand. Of course, that's for a 70-year-old firm chairman and former attorney general, a series of credentials we're unlikely to ever have after our name.

The top associate billing rate, however, was $835 per hour.

But, hey, no complaints here. We recently broke into the double digits. Which, for not having to shower before sundown, is at the high end of the scale. Yay.

Hourly Billing Rates Continue to Rise [Law.com via TaxProf]

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