Jim Hassett’s “Building partnerships for alternative fees” from his Legal Business Development blog. Hassett’s alternative fees survey of AmLaw 100 firms provides an interesting perspective on what Big Law thinks (and what they think their clients think) about the evolution of legal fees. In this post he pulls together some quotes that address the importance of client-firm partnerships. Whatever your position on alternative fees, the message is clear: successful billing arrangements are built around relationship and trust.