Big spenders.

Big Spenders

Large companies are spending more on
lawyers this year. *

Legal spending                 2004            2005

Amount spent on
legal services             $26.4 million    $28 million
Legal services as
percent of revenues          0.4 of 1%       0.5 of 1%
Salaries & bonuses paid
to one in-house lawyer       $349,000        $377,000
Legal fees paid to
one outside lawyer           $550,000        $622,000

* Results based on median company with $9 billion in
revenues and a law department with 30 lawyers.

Source: Hildebrandt International