This statistic depicts the average annual income from billable hours of attorneys in the U.S. in 2018, broken down by practice area. During the survey, intellectual property attorneys reported earning the highest average income of 224,000 U.S. dollars per year.
What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services?
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Martindale. (2019). What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services? (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869528/us-legal-services-average-income-by-area-of-practice/
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