No, there is a cap on the number of hours a lawyer can bill Legal Aid Ontario. I think it's 2,700 or 2,750. At the highest rate, that works out to be just above $200,000. There are perhaps a dozen lawyers who do that well, who get up to that cap in Ontario. You have to remember that is a gross figure, though, because they have to pay for all the costs of operating their offices, their secretaries, their accountants, and support staff out of that.
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