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hi Im Josh Stern Im a divorce attorney in Chicago and today Im going to talk to you about hourly rates and retainer agreements [Music] so retainer agreement is a contractual arrangement between a client and an attorney it sets things like the scope of work what services can be provided to the client and how and by whom and also the hourly rate and thats really what I want to talk about so what I dont do and what is excluded from my retainer agreement is anything that permits a change in my rate for current clients if you sign up and I agree to charge you X dollars per hour then Im always going to do my work at X dollars per hour even if I change my rate for future clients to X plus lets say five dollars my ability to do this or to not do this is set by the retainer agreement so again all clients should read their retainer agreements its my opinion that it does not benefit a client to permit me or any attorney to raise the rate in the middle of a case can you imagine if you wer