Flat Fee Pricing
Why Flat Fees?
Flat fee pricing means that instead of billing hourly for every phone call, email, or meeting, we provide an upfront, transparent price for our services. This model offers several advantages:
Clarity and Predictability: Clients no longer need to worry about escalating costs or surprise invoices. From the outset, you’ll know exactly what your legal fees will be for a defined scope of work.
Focus on Value, Not Time: With hourly billing, there’s often a perception that efficiency conflicts with thoroughness. Flat fees allow us to focus on delivering quality work without the clock ticking in the background.
Enhanced Trust: Transparency builds trust. Knowing the cost upfront allows clients to make informed decisions without fear of hidden fees.
Streamlined Process: Flat fees simplify the billing process for everyone, letting us focus on what matters most—serving our clients.
What They Say About How We Work
Flat fee pricing only works if you know what you're doing.
To quote a fee with confidence, you have to understand what a matter actually requires — where cases move efficiently, and where they don't. After years of practice focused exclusively on Texas estate planning, probate, and guardianship, we've built that picture. We've handled enough of these matters to know what they involve, what can go sideways, and what it takes to see them through. That experience is what lets us give you a number at the end of your consultation and stand behind it.
How It Works
Not all legal matters are the same, and neither are our flat fees. We’ve developed a pricing structure based on the complexity and scope of different services. Here’s what you can expect:
During our initial consultation, we’ll gather information about your case to determine the expected scope of work and identify the variables that may affect the price. Then, we’ll provide a flat fee quote for the anticipated scope of work.
Think of it like hiring a painter to paint the walls in your house. The painter can’t offer a one-size-fits-all price that covers any painting job, but she will come to the house, take measurements, assess the conditions, determine how much material and labor she’ll need, and then quote a price. No two jobs are the same, so each client may be quoted a different price. After all, you shouldn’t pay the same price to paint your 10x10 room with bare walls as your neighbor pays for a 20x20 room that needs drywall repair.
While flat fees work well for many of our services, some cases may still require a hybrid approach to account for variables that may arise along the way that we can’t accurately predict. In these instances, we’ll always provide a clear estimate and keep you informed every step of the way.
Why We Bill This Way
Experience alone isn't the reason. Flat fees align our interests with yours. We both want the matter resolved correctly and efficiently — there's no incentive on our end to let things drag, and no reason on your end to hesitate before calling us with a question. And when you receive your monthly invoice showing everything we've done on your matter, you don't have to brace yourself before opening it.
Hourly billing can feel more accessible at first — the initial retainer may be lower, and the commitment feels smaller. But without knowing where the meter stops, it's hard to make an informed decision about whether to move forward, or to budget realistically once you do. That uncertainty is its own burden, and it gets in the way of clear-eyed decisions at exactly the moments when you need to be thinking clearly. Nobody wants to get halfway through building a house and find out they can't afford to finish; knowing the total cost of your options upfront means you can begin with the end in mind.
Our flat fees come with a defined scope of work, so you know what's included before you sign anything. Work that falls outside that scope — which occasionally happens — is handled on an hourly basis, and we'll flag it before proceeding. But you go in with a realistic picture of what's involved and what it will cost.
That said, we won't pretend every matter fits neatly into a flat fee. Some cases are genuinely unusual — complex enough, or uncertain enough at the outset, that hourly or hybrid billing is the fairer structure to all involved. When that happens, we'll tell you. For reference, over 90% of our new cases in 2025 were done on a flat fee; there are exceptions, but it’s our default billing practice where appropriate.
A Commitment to Our Clients
Our shift to flat fee pricing is rooted in our commitment to providing exceptional service and reducing stress for our clients. We believe this approach aligns with our mission to offer compassionate, transparent, and effective legal representation as well as our continuous improvement mindset.
We believe flat fee billing can be a win/win, providing certainty for us and our clients and incentivizing us both to work efficiently to conclude the case. For those clients who prefer hourly billing, we’re happy to offer that as well.