^*Cancellation fees may also include unrecoverable expenses.

** Maximum of eight hours. Additional hours billed at $150/hour. Travel expenses apply. Travel and inactive days are billed at $800 per day.

*** Local travel areas include Duval, Nassau, Clay, St. Johns, and Baker Counties (Florida). Travel time and mileage to and from apply.

**** Subcontracted services in excess of $250 will be pre-approved by the client.

***** Work & travel performed on Sundays at the request of the client will be billed double the normal rate.

****** Guaranteed 72-hour response time to anywhere in the continental United States, Puerto Rico, or Alaska. On-call fee only. Not a retainer for casework.

Standard Rates

Knox & Associates accepts work on a case-by-case basis only. Payments and retainers are only for the instant case and do not obligate Knox & Associates to any future work. Upon acceptance of a case, Knox & Associates will require a retainer for each case, which will be applied to the first bill. Knox & Associates may require that retainers be renewed upon exhaustion. Any subsequent retainer fees will be applied to the following bill.

Knox & Associates bills at a rate of $150 per hour for all consulting and field services. Court appearances or other testimony will be performed at a rate of $150 per hour for local travel (Duval, Nassau, Clay, St. Johns, and Baker Counties) and $1,200 per day for out-of-area venues for a maximum of eight hours; excess time will be billed at $150 per hour. Local area fees will also include mileage ($0.40/mile) and travel time at $75/hour. Out-of-area work requiring travel and/or inactive days will be billed at a rate of $600 per day. Clients not canceling court appearances within 48 hours may, at the discretion of Knox & Associates, be billed a $600 cancellation fee if the appearance is out of area or $300 if the appearance is local. Any expenses incurred due to cancellation, such as travel and lodging, which are non-refundable will be billed to the client. Out-of-area travel mode will be at the discretion of Knox & Associates. Travel by car will be billed for mileage. Travel by airline will be booked and reimbursed at the business class level. Reasonable hotel accommodations, meals, and rental car fees will also be billed to the client. Work or travel performed on Sundays and holidays at the request of the client will be billed at double the normal rate, except for those clients who have paid the annual on-call fee for police-involved shooting investigations and the service provided is for such service.

Knox & Associates will submit all materials to the client via electronic format (PDF or JPG) unless otherwise requested by the client. All hardcopy materials provided by Knox & Associates will be billed at actual cost plus 10%. Time to compile and transmit the materials will be billed at $50 per hour.

Billing

Payment for all field services will be made at the termination of the case, or at 30-day increments from the date the case was accepted, whichever comes first. Payment for testimony will be made within 10 business days following the appearance. All payments will be due within 10 business days following the billing date. Unpaid balances after 30 calendar days from the billing date will accrue interest at a simple interest rate of 0.05% per day retroactive back to the due date (11th business day following the billing date).

Periodically, Knox & Associates will subcontract certain services such as computer animations, engineering analysis, and automotive mechanics inspections from outside sources. All such services will be billed to the client at the rate provided by those services with the addition of a 10% handling fee for coordination and liaison activities. Payment for third-party services may be required in advance. Subcontracted services in excess of $250 will be pre-approved by the client.

Expenses

Expenses that have been reasonably and necessarily incurred, such as travel, rental car, gas, food, lodging, long distance and roaming telephone charges, Internet service, the cost of producing and/or re-producing documents and materials, and other professional services, are in addition to the consulting fee and will be billed to the client at cost. Any individual expense in excess of $250 will be pre-approved by the client and may be required in advance.

Law Enforcement Services for Police-Involved Shootings

Knox & Associates provides an annual on-call service for providing a guaranteed 72-hour response time to any location within the continental United States, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to provide independent scene documentation, analysis, and reconstruction of police-involved shooting incidents. The annual on-call fee of $2,000 is not a retainer. At the initiation of a case, all standard billing rates will apply. Travel expenses may be required in advance.

Limitations on Consulting Services

Knox & Associates does not accept cases on a contingent fee basis.

At this time, Knox & Associates does not accept criminal defense cases, nor plaintiff/prosecution cases in which a law enforcement officer, administrator, or agency is a defendant. Knox & Associates reserves the right to refuse cases or to resign from a case where a conflict of interest exists (see conflict of interest disclaimer).

If asked to resign from a case, Knox & Associates will immediately cease work on the case and will relinquish, upon receipt of payment, all materials gathered by Knox & Associates prior to the resignation. However, Knox & Associates reserves the right to bill the client for services and costs incurred during the process of gathering and transmitting those materials. Incomplete reports will not be provided to the client after resignation from a case.

Reports, photographs, diagrams, and technical analysis worksheets remain the sole property of Knox & Associates and are copyrighted material. Any use of such material is limited to the proceedings of the instant case. Any further use of the materials must be by written consent of Knox & Associates with the terms of use and compensation being agreed upon.