See the rates. Show the math.
Explore annual Laffey-based calculations, inspect the original inputs, and build an hours-and-rates worksheet. Alternative guides support your own sourced figures.
A national perspective. A local starting point.
A clearer view
of legal fees.
Explore annual rate calculations and the authorities behind a fee request. Choose your metropolitan area to bring the numbers, case law, and drafting tools together.
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Atlanta
Atlanta–Athens–Sandy Springs
Bay Area
San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland
Boston
Boston–Worcester–Providence
Chicago
Chicago–Naperville
Dallas–Fort Worth
Dallas–Fort Worth
Denver
Denver–Aurora
Houston
Houston–The Woodlands
Los Angeles
Los Angeles–Long Beach
Miami
Miami–Port St. Lucie–Fort Lauderdale
New York
New York–Newark
Philadelphia
Philadelphia–Reading–Camden
Sacramento
Sacramento–Roseville
San Diego
San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad
Seattle
Seattle–Tacoma
Washington–Baltimore
Washington–Baltimore–Arlington
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From research to a draft
One workspace for your fee request.
Connect the amount to authority.
Browse locality-specific case law, wage-and-hour resources, current-rate principles, and multiplier distinctions. Compare settlement percentages with a lodestar cross-check.
Turn your facts into a starting point.
Use editable brief samples and a guided, unsigned declaration draft. Fill in the record, confirm the authorities, and adapt the argument to the governing law.
Transparent by design
Calculations you can trace.
Authorities you can read.
The rate model combines original Laffey inputs, national legal-services inflation, and official federal locality-pay ratios. These are reproducible calculations—not court-approved local billing rates. The published method and original data remain available in every metro workspace.