Lawyer Hourly Rates | Winners and Losers by State and Practice Area
+4.8 Source: CLIO Legal Trends Report (available at https://www.clio.com/resources/legal-trends/2020-report/) Note: AK and HI not included due to insufficient data. Attorneys in states with the largest increase in rates include Wyoming at $251, up 9.9% from the previous year, and Iowa at $175, up 9.1% from the previous year. However, one could argue that with such low rates for Iowans with a bar card, there was optimistically no place to go but up. Some states saw a drop in hourly rates, though I don’t think we can draw too many broad conclusions here, as the states differ greatly in busine...