Why Some Lawyers Chase Bills

I recently saw a lawyer in my network post on LinkedIn a lamentation about how she works so hard, late nights and weekends, but always has to chase bills from her clients. Her reasoning was that lawyers are simply not respected in their work. Despite all the long hours, come billing time, clients will ask her, “why am I paying for a draft, for a few emails, or a few comments”. The post concluded that lawyers should not stay silent about this issue and the legal industry should raise awareness about this issue. This comment was liked and reposted by over 100 other lawyers which surprised me.