Retainer

​A $2,500.00 initial fee retainer is required for new clients. Work will not begin until retainer is received. Retaining attorney, adjuster, or company is responsible for payment of SCA's statement. We do not work for the client of retaining attorney.

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​DEPOSITIONS

• A four hour minimum ($800.00) is charged for deposition testimony.
• Should the deposition time extend beyond four hours, each portion of an hour is billed at the basic hourly rate.
• Maximum sitting time for a deposition is limited to six hours.
• We will adjourn and reconvene at a mutually agreeable time and place.
• Deposition travel time is portal-to-portal at the basic hourly rate. If it is requested that we travel to the deposition location, the requesting attorney is responsible for travel time unless he has arranged for retaining counsel to pay the travel fee. This is too often a debated point.
• Retaining attorney is charged for time required to read and sign deposition.
• Opposing Council is responsible for travel time, mileage and expenses for out-of-town depositions.

Expenses

• Expenses charged, but not limited to: Mileage (Mileage is at the current IRS allowed rate), Airfare or other transportation, Car rentals and associated services, Cost of preparing any specialized demonstrative evidence exhibits, Meals, Lodging on overnight trips, Photocopying, Postage, Telephone and facsimile charges, Administrative Labor at $40.00 per hour.

Rates​

• Staff Reconstructionist: Basic Hourly Rate is $200.00 plus all related expenses.
• Associate Labor: $150.00 per hour / IPTM trained and ACTAR qualified Associates used to expedite the collection of data.
• Weekend work per your request: $300.00 per hour. The basic hourly rate is charged if we choose to work the weekend.
• File analysis: $400.00 minimum.
• Expedited work $300.00 per hour.
• Charges are portal to portal. If an overnight stay is required, the client is billed for actual working hours and return time on final day of the trip.

​Court

• A full eight hour day is charged at the normal rate for court appearances, as the day must be blocked out. If we travel to a trial location and must standby for more than one day, we will endeavor to spend that time in pre-trial preparation. You will be billed an eight hour minimum for each day of trial standby time.

Reports

• It is not our policy to routinely prepare reports. However, we will be glad to do so upon request. If you desire a report, please advise us at the outset of the case or at the appropriate time.