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This law firm bills as much as $3,000 per hour

By Debra Cassens Weiss

February 26, 2025, 1:46 pm CST

Some partners at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan bill as much as $3,000 per hour, according to court filings cited by Reuters.

The law firm bills between $1,860 and $3,000 per hour for partners, between $1,775 and $2,725 per hour for counsel, and between $1,035 and $1,665 per hour for associates, Reuters reports.

“Quinn Emanuel’s $3,000 top rate marks a milestone for leading U.S. law firms as lawyers’ hourly fees continue to soar,” the article reports. “Law firms routinely raise their rates each year, and top rates at some of the largest U.S. firms have pushed past $2,500 an hour or higher in recent years, court records show.”

The court filings did not indicate which partners are billing $3,000 per hour, but unnamed sources told Reuters that the lawyers are Alex Spiro, who has represented billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and William Burck, the firm’s global co-managing partner.

A Quinn Emanuel spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.

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