Hourly, flat fee, or contingency. What a spring house closing is actually quoted against
Legal work is priced three ways and the quote you receive tells you what kind of problem the attorney thinks you have. That is useful information by itself.
Sales tax, city licenses, and the letter from a state you barely worked in
Federal tax gets the attention and state and local obligations produce most of the surprises, because there is no single rulebook and nobody sends you one.
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The drive was backing up for two years. Nothing on it could be restored
A backup nobody has ever restored from is not a backup. It is a belief, and the difference only becomes visible on the worst possible day.
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Eight clauses a big customer's contract will contain, and what each one does to you
A large company's standard agreement is written to protect the large company. Most of it is negotiable, and knowing which parts to push on is the skill.
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Your rate is not what the other guy charges. It is what your calendar allows
Pricing against a competitor copies their arithmetic without seeing it. The number that matters is how many hours you can actually sell in a year.
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A fence six inches over the line, and the four months it took to settle
A boundary disagreement is the clearest example of a problem where an attorney is unnecessary for most of it and essential for one specific part.
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