Lana Encheff is known for billing two clients for the same hour of work, which is dubious legally and ethically. That doesn't mean it's uncommon for the firm Bryan Cave LLP, as I know: I am their client, I work at Bank of America and have direct knowledge. Lana and Stuart Price, her boss and managing partner, admitted to occasionally double-billing clients, even though the practice has been condemned by the American Bar Association and most legal commentators, and of course the California Bar Association.
Padding hours is a typical method employed by Bryan Cave, and of course through its perpetrators Lana Encheff and Stuart Price. Work for ninety minutes? Call it two hours. Forget how long you worked? Call it five. Here is a good one, have a complaint against your client with minimal arguments? Write a 100 page motion to strike or 50 page demurrer, even if the complaint is incomprehensible and falls on its own.
This time-based billing results in bill padding and provides incentives for attorneys to perform unnecessary work, and Bryan Cave and its den of thieves have perfected the practice. They repeatedly and fraudulently create false work, over-billings, and allocate billings for their clients hours to underlings for miniscule tasks and duties such as paralegal work and court filings. Stay away from this fraudulent firm and their fraudulent practices. They hide behind their law licenses as self appointed governors of justice, and fleece you in the process. This firm also advised the title companies to Robo Sign on foreclosures.
Their theory was that the VP in charge of signing would ratify the signature anyway, so why not just print and stamp the signature since we at Bank of America would say that we signed off, and this practice continues to this day based on the advice of Lana Encheff and Stuart price at Bryan Cave LLP. Why would they give such advice? Because more arguments means more court battles, more lawsuits, and more fees for the law firm!