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...gross national product. Top big-city law firms like Chicago's Reuben & Proctor currently bill clients as much as $200 an hour, up from a high of $150 in 1975. Superstar trial lawyers like Boston's F. Lee Bailey and San Francisco's Melvin Belli regularly command flat fees that work out to as much as $300 an hour. New York's Louis Nizer, whose clients have included Blacklist Victim John Henry Faulk and major corporations in the film industry, commands a phenomenal $350 an hour, thus earning the equivalent of the nation's median...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Fat Fees | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...swarmed all over the ice, pressuring the Tigers relentlessly. But Princeton, particularly O'Dell and fellow freshman phenomenon Syrena Carlbom, kept cool and took a 2-1 advantage on an individual effort tally by O'Dell, at 2:25 and a pretty pass from Carlbom to winger Anne-Marie Belli...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Icewomen Falter in Thriller | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

...like changing a name, are simple enough for people to handle on their own. But when it comes to more complicated matters, their views are still summed up in an old proverb: "He that pleads his own cause has a fool for his client." Says San Francisco Attorney Melvin Belli: "If you can take out your own tonsils and deliver your own child, then you shouldn't be concerned about going to court without the aid of a lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Those Sue-It-Yourself Manuals | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...Belli is old now; his hands and face are covered with age spots. But he continues to be King of Torts. We met at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York for breakfast. Belli was typically attired in a Savile Row suit and accompanied by a stunning platinum blonde. The following is our conversation...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Casus Belli | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

...were Melvin Belli, I'd agree...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Casus Belli | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

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