Hi everyone, A member is seeking information regarding billing practices for its adult welfare division. In particular, the attorneys representing the municipality's Public Guardian carry a particularly heavy case load and it would likely be inefficient for them to prepare a daily, itemized billing statement to the client given the number of cases/files handled on a daily basis (e.g., between 25 to 80 per day). In this regard, historically, the attorneys have been permitted to use a block billing method, since they do not handle work for any other department in the municipality. The Public Guardian has been agreeable with the block billing method. Are there any other municipalities that authorize their attorneys to use a block billing method when they have a very high volume of cases and represent only one client in the municipality, especially for legal work performed on behalf of the Public Guardian? Please respond directly to me or CC me at dshahnami@imla.org<mailto:dshahnami@imla.org> with your responses, so I can forward them to the member. Thank you, Deanna Deanna Shahnami (she/her) Associate Counsel & Director of DEI International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 x7105 D: (202) 742-1019 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Plan Ahead! See IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming. Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips!