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• Divorce Attorney Orlando
• Florida Personal Bankruptcy
• Car Accident Cases in Florida
• Central Florida Personal Injuries & Accident Attorney
• Other Personal Injury Websites and Blogs

Firm News

• Orlando Divorce Lawyer James Hart quoted on TheStreet.com
• Why Divorced Couples should not live together...
• Prepare now for the end of No-Fault
• Coalition urges lawmakers to address no-fault law
• Back to the bad old days on automobile insurance?
• No Fault? It's Legislature's fault
• Florida's CFO: 'Mass confusion' could reign if PIP lapses
• No-Fault Expiration may Raise Health Premiums
• Homeowners Get Little Relief Despite New Insurance Law
• Health Costs to Soar if No-Fault Goes

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Firm Library

Divorce Attorney Orlando

• What To Do When Your Spouse Leaves With The Children
• Administrative Order No. 2004-05-01
• Divorce in Florida
• Regular Dissolution of Marriage
• Simplified Dissolution of Marriage
• Florida Family and Divorce Law Resources
• Florida Alimony and Spousal Support
• Statutory Factors for Alimony in Florida
• Florida Child Support
• Florida Factors for Equitable Distribution
• Florida Equitable Distribution
• Tools for Asset Valuation in Florida
• Florida Divorce Pamphlet
• Tools for Asset Valuation
• Florida Family & Divorce Lawyer Blog
• Thank you!

Florida Personal Bankruptcy

• Florida Bankruptcy Rules: What you must know before filing for Bankruptcy
• The U.S. Bankruptcy Code
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Bankruptcy Disclosure/Notice required by 11 USC 527
• Bankruptcy Information Florida Credit Counseling Services
• Personal Bankruptcy Alternatives in Florida
• Florida Bankruptcy Exemptions
• Florida Bankruptcy Pamphlet

Central Florida Personal Injuries & Accident Attorney

• Miami Protest for No-Fault Insurance (PIP)
• June 2007 Case Law Updates
• Fees & Expenses in Personal Injury Cases
• Injury Board
• Nationwide Defamation Lawsuit
• Straight From the Horse's Mouth: Judicial Observations of Jury Behavior and the Need for Tort Reform
• Life Without No Fault
• Some Important Auto Insurance Definitions
• Memo from Florida Justice Association regarding PIP
• Memorandum from FJA to it's members regarding approval of new PIP legislation
• How to buy Florida Auto Insurance after PIP

Other Personal Injury Websites and Blogs

• Tort Burger - Hold the Reform

General

• Thank you for ordering your FREE Florida Divorce Guide: How to Find and Hire the Right Lawyer for your Divorce Case
• Why Value-Based Billing for your legal matter?
• Value-Based Billing Policy for The Law Office of James W. Hart, P.A.
• Search and Seizure Laws: How far is too far?
• Anatomy of a Florida Criminal Case

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Why Value-Based Billing for your legal matter?

At The Law Office of James W. Hart, P.A., we strive to always remain on the cutting edge of the legal profession. Unlike other firms, we embrace technology and alternative methods of dispute resolution as ways to assist our clients in efficiently resolving their legal matters. Consistent with our mission to constantly reevaluate the way we conduct our business, and the personal relationships we strive to develop with our clients, we are now introducing a new option in billing – the value-based billing model.

We recognize that many of our clients will not understand what this means. Many will be skeptical – convinced this is some scheme to enable us to charge more money. However, this is simply not the case. At The Law Office of James W. Hart, P.A., we recognize that an hourly billing system does not serve our clients well, and can actually hinder the relationships we have with all of our clients.

Value-based billing is not a new concept, but it is one that many lawyers are resistant to embrace. Why? For several reasons:

• Lawyers are inherently resistant to change;
• An hourly billing system is easy for law firms to implement;
• An hourly billing system places all the risk of cost overruns on the client; and,
• A Value-based billing system requires strategic planning on the part of the lawyer or firm.

There has been a strong movement against hourly billing since 2000, when then ABA President-Elect Robert E. Hirshon created the Billable Hour Commission to examine the inherent problems with an hourly billing system. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer gave his support to this effort by writing the forward to the Commission’s “Hour Report” which was published in 2002. A copy of the report can be found at www.abanet.org/careercounsel/billable.html.

Click here to read our entire value-based billing policy and learn the benefits that this system will have for your legal matter.

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