14 When is my lawyer’s bill due?

Unless you have a contingency fee agreement,
you probably will be billed monthly.If you are paying by the hour, you may
want the lawyer to get your permission before
spending more than a certain amount of time
on your case. You also can ask for itemized bills
detailing how the lawyer spent time on your case.
In addition, you have a right to an itemized bill
that lists expenses such as photocopying, tele-
phone calls and travel costs. In fact, a lawyer must
provide the bill within 10 days of the date that you
request it (unless the lawyer provided a bill within
the previous 31 days). And from then on, you are
entitled to make similar requests at 30-day inter-
vals after the initial request.