The legal fee
Quoted by workstream for the scope you accept in writing. Complexity, jurisdiction and timing are assessed first. Any scope change is agreed before additional work is accepted.
Pricing
Pay for the work. See the compute.
A matter is divided into workstreams, and each one carries a fixed fee set in writing for an agreed scope before work begins. Eligible compute is passed through at the firm's actual net cost, with no markup, up to an approved ceiling stated in the engagement.
The compute
Only eligible third-party charges are passed through, at the firm's actual net cost after credits. Avoidable retries and anything above the ceiling are absorbed by the firm.
No double billing
Flat-rate subscriptions the firm already pays for are covered by the legal fee and are never billed a second time. Raw prompts, client content and credentials never appear in a statement.
What a proposal contains
A proposal divides the matter into workstreams and states the scope, fee and attorney checkpoint for each. For evolving matters, work is scoped and priced in phases. The assumptions, fees for other counsel, expenses, and process for approving changes are stated in the proposal; scope and budget increases require client approval before the additional work begins. Not every matter fits the same pricing: a transaction, a dispute and ongoing business counsel are quoted differently.
Any fees for other counsel, filing fees and other third-party expenses are identified separately in the proposal. The illustrations below do not include those expenses.
- The deliverables and the format they are delivered in
- Milestones and payment stages
- What it costs to stop, and when
- The review and corrections included in the fee
- Who supplies the source materials, and how the handoff works
- Prior written agreement for any scope or budget increase
These are matters the written proposal and engagement specify for the particular matter.
Compare the full cost
Our proposal identifies Wolf Law's fee, eligible compute and separately identified expenses. If other counsel remains involved, agree its review and completion budget with that counsel. Compare the same scope, deliverables and responsibilities — including coordination and rework.
If another firm's fixed fee stays the same, adding Wolf Law may improve capacity or timing without reducing your cash spend. Whether the total cost changes depends on the matter and on what each firm is asked to do.
Illustrative workstream budget
Fictional arithmetic to show how the pricing structure works — not an offer, a quote, a starting price, or a rate applicable to all matters. Every matter is priced on its own scope.
- Strategy and scope
- $4,000
- Work product and execution
- $7,000
- Review and decision package
- $4,000
- Illustrative legal-fee total
- $15,000
- Approved compute ceiling
- $100
The calculator below uses this fictional $15,000 legal-fee total and $100 compute ceiling to show how at-cost compute billing behaves as usage changes.
Compute statement — illustrative
How a statement line would read
The amounts below are fictional sample figures used to show the format of a statement. They are not vendor rates and not a quote.
| Workstream | Gross charge | Credits applied | Net eligible |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source inventory and extraction | $8.40 | — | $8.40 |
| Document comparison | $14.20 | − $2.00 | $12.20 |
| Consistency checks | $7.00 | — | $7.00 |
| Avoidable retry — absorbed by the firm | $3.20 | — | $0.00 |
- Eligible compute
- $27.60
- Billed to client (capped)
- $27.60
- Absorbed by the firm
- $3.20
- Wolf fee + compute, this example
- $15,027.60
Absorbed amounts are the avoidable retry ($3.20). The example Wolf fee plus compute never exceeds $15,100.00 for this scope.
Other counsel and third-party expenses are outside this illustration.
A statement identifies the provider and product, the workstream, the metered units where the provider makes them available, credits applied, the net charge, and any amount the firm absorbed. Where a vendor does not expose unit-level detail, the statement says that detail is unavailable rather than estimating it.
Usage units and the provider's invoiced cost are what is passed through — not a measure of machine time. Fees are not estimated from deal enterprise value alone.
Attorney advertising. This page is general information about how the firm prices work, not a quote and not legal advice.