High court bar's 'inner circle;' insider know-how provides an edge - at a price

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Certain members of the Bar of the Supreme Court are so experienced that clients are happy to pay their high prices to obtain such experience. Ranges for petitions for certiorari are $25,000 to $40,000, for amicus briefs at the certiorari stage about $10,000, briefs in opposition to certiorari $5,000 to $10,000, oral arguments, $10,000 to $20,000. Once the case has arrived at the merits stage, things get even more expensive, with amicus briefs coming in at about $50,000. The Supreme Court Project of the Public Citizen Litigation Group provides pro bono help, as do sources such as moot courts put together by the big firms for outsiders making their first court appearance.

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court boutique has virtual law office

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Ronald D Maines launched the year-old Maines & Loeb PLLC in an effort to bring together stellar scholar-litigators in a true 'virtual firm' united over the Internet. The other name partner, Don Loeb, is a philosophy PhD at the University of Vermont, and the other four principal attorneys have been Supreme Court clerks or assistants to the solicitor general. Maines, who has had administrative and telecommunications law practices, wanted to bring together in a cost-effective way people on the cutting edge of legal thought.

Washington, D.C., Maines and Loeb

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The new business of pitching in: nation-wide, commercial lawyers now are donating their services to assist non-profits and others

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Commercial law firms are getting more involved in pro bono legal services in an attempt to fill a void that has been left by dwindling state and federal funds for legal assistance. The ABA has challenged the nation's 500 largest firms to do pro bono work, and 172 are donating at least 3% of their billable hours. In Minnesota, where law firms have always been community-minded, many firms provide pro bono services. Some of the pro bono work done by these firms is discussed.

Analysis, Pro bono legal services, Minnesota

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