There are many potential methods to structure the attorney fees incurred in litigation. Initially, understand that the party is usually directly responsible for the “hard costs” of litigation. These may items such as the cost of filing a claim, the court reporters fees, the electronic discovery storage and production fees, and the hearing and deposition transcript fees. In addition, attorney fees are often billed per hour worked on the claim. This is a simple mathematical calculation – the number of hours billed times that attorney’s hourly rate as set by the firm. This cost can usually be estimated and should be discussed with counsel. There are other fee arrangements that sometimes make sense for both the client and counsel such as hybrid fees, capped fees, fixed fees or contingent fees.