Fox Family Lawyers
Cynthia Moseley Fox
Attorney at Law
7751 Carondelet Avenue,
Suite 700
Clayton, Missouri 63105
(St. Louis)
314.727.4880

Our Fees

Typically, initial appointments are for ½ hour at a charge of $100.00, except for an intial appointment to explore mediation, which is usually 45 minutes and $165.00. When an appointment takes less or more than the usual 30 minutes or 45 minutes, the fee is adjusted downward or upward proportionately.

However, if you decide to retain our firm, up to $100.00 of your intial fee will be rebated against future fees, if your cumulative on-going fees reach $500.00. Only the initial fee actually paid, up to a maximum of $100.00, will be credited.

I am sorry but no advice may be provided without an appointment.

An initial appointment is necessary in order to learn about your specific situation, answer your questions, and to decide upon the appropriate next steps. If you should decide to retain my services, I will provide you a written agreement describing the services I will provide particular to your situation and the estimated costs. The agreement will specifically identify how I charge for my time and my staff.

We are one of the very few firms that offers our clients the benefits of "limited scope representation", which very often eliminates the need for the client to pay an upfront retainer for us to initiate our assistance. Limited scope representation allows us to tailor our services to whatever level of assistance the client desires or needs. For example, initially many clients engage us to assist them with just the first stage of their case, such as filing their case and preparing the initial court forms, or in responding to a case filed by the other party. Usually, we can do that without requiring an upfront retainer, so that the client only pays as they use our services on an appointment-by-appointment basis.

Once that stage is completed, we then advise the client on their options for the next portion of their case, and alert them to possible actions by the opposing party. The client can then enlist our services for that next segment, or not.  This approach provides the client the flexibility to tailor the delivery of our services to their needs and/or budget. We can provide as much assistance, or as little, as a client wants, and spread the costs of complex litigation over multiple stages.

With this approach, we only ask for a retainer when we have to expend funds on a client's behalf such as for court fees, or when the client's needs require that we provide services between appointments, or when we are engaged to represent the client at a court appearance or some other future event, where we guarantee the client our availability for that specific day and time. Importantly, though, because our engagement is still being limited to providing only certain specified services, the retainer will be limited and proportionate to the services we are providing.

In contrast, most other law firms only offer "full representation". These firms want the client to commit the entire case to their care, along with a sizeable upfront retainer payment, or they are not interested. We think our approach is better. We offer full service support, with guidance and assistance at every step along the way, while providing the client the flexibility and control to manage the delivery of our services to fit their needs and budget.

Cynthia Fox's fee system:

  • Hourly rate for Cynthia Fox is $220, billed based upon the exact time used.
  • Attorneys other than Cynthia Fox are billed at $140 - $160 per hour.
  • Law Clerk, Legal Assistant and Secretarial time is billed at $75, $65 and $26 per hour respectively, based upon the exact time used.
  • Out-of-pocket expenses are billed as they are incurred.
  • Payment is accepted by check, credit card, money order or cashier's check.