I believe you, stopdog, that while working on a case you never stop to get a cup of coffee, or check your email, or take a phone call, or get distracted by something you just realized about another case, but that's obviously not the case with other lawyers. And let's face it, there are pretty many awful lawyers getting paid high fees for sub par work.

As for fees, I haven't found $165 to be out of line where I live. My psychiatrist/therapist charged (not me) about $285 an hour, though he was very good about taking all kinds of insurance. I do realize that's not at all the same thing given his training and his purview, but those one-on-one private sessions normally do not run cheap.