If you think of an electric eel as a battery, you can get an idea of how the eel creates electricity. Electric eels have three organs which store electricity. Two of these organs can produce enough electricity to kill most of the eel's prey: about 500 Volts.
In California, the average hourly fee charged by divorce lawyers was $300 per hour, 27% higher than the national average. Our readers reported wide fluctuation in their divorce lawyersâ hourly rates -- some were charged as little as $150 an hour, while others shelled out over $500 an hour.
Divorce lawyers generally charge from $75 an hour and up, with partners in large firms charging as much as $450 an hour. Some divorce lawyers will charge a flat rate of a few thousand dollars, or a rate per contested issue. The flat rate does not usually include the cost of a trial.