Bibliography: ethics of billing practices of lawyers.

Altman. Adam C. Altman, "To Bill, or Not to Bill? Lawyers Who Wear Watches Almost Always Do, Although Ethical Lawyers Actually Think About It First," 11 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 203 (1998).

Chan. Sonia Chan, "ABA Formal Opinion 93-379: Double Billing, Padding and Other Forms of Overbilling," 9 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 611 (1996).

Lerman. Lisa G. Lerman, "Scenes from a Law Firm," 50 Rutgers L. Rev. 2153 (1998).

Lerman. Lisa G. Lerman, "Gross Profits? Questions about Lawyer Billing Practices," 22 Hofstra L. Rev. 645 (1994).

Lerman. Lisa G. Lerman, "Blue Chip Bilking: Regulation of Billing and Expense Fraud by Lawyers," 12 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 205 (1999).

Mallen. Ronald E. Mallen, "Guidelines or Landmines? Preserving the Tripartite Relationship," For the Defense, June 1998, at 9.

Richmond. Douglas R. Richmond, "Professional Responsibility and the Bottom Line: The Ethics of Billing," 20 S. Ill. L. J. 261 (1996).

Ricker. Darelene Ricker, "Greed, Ignorance, and Overbilling: Some Lawyers Have Given New Meaning to the Term 'Legal Fiction,'" 80 ABA J. 62 (1994).

Ross. William G. Ross, "Kicking the Unethical Billing Habit," 50 Rutgers L. Rev. 2199 (1998).

Ross. William G. Ross, "The Ethics of Hourly Billing by Attorneys," 44 Rutgers L. Rev. 1 (1991).

Ross. William G. Ross, The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys. Carolina Academic Press (1996).

Rotunda. Ronald D. Rotunda, "Moving from Billable Hours to Fixed Fees: Task-Based Fees and Legal Ethics," 47 U. Kan. L. Rev. 819 (1999).

Schratz. James P. Schratz, "I Told You to Fire Nicholas Farber -- A Psychological and Sociological Analysis of Why Attorneys Overbill," 50 Rutgers L. Rev. 2211 (1998).

Syverud. Kent D. Syverud, "The Ethics of Insurer Litigation Management Guidelines and Legal Audits," Ins. Def. Rptr., May 1, 1999, at 180.

Toothman. John W. Toothman, Real Reform, 81 ABA J. 80 (1995). This award-winning essay calls for the replacement of time-based billing.

Watson. Lee A. Watson, "Communication, Honesty, and Contract: Three Buzzwords for Maintaining Ethical Hourly Billing," 11 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 189 (1998).

and, there is some discussion of ethics in Attorney Fee Awards: a handbook for attorneys.