Retaining Outside Legal Counsel Selection
We received request regarding selecting an outside legal counsel to review a fifty page subcontract for landing gear parts to be used as original equipment in the next generation of commercial airplanes. We will be discussing the criteria we used to select counsel and the lawyer or law firm and why we recommended the particular counsel. ... Lawyers at large firms typically charge more for their services, however, so an individual may not want or need to pay extra for a relatively straightforward legal problem. ... O’Connell stated that certain fees will not be charged to the company separately because they will be included as part of the services provided by the firm such as: fax charges, legal research access fees, telephone calls and mileage expenses.