Or Double My Hourly Rate and Bill 2.3 million Hours, Or Merge With A Larger Firm By Marty Schwimmer on November 4, 2002 Posted in Uncategorized At my present hourly rate, I would have to bill 4.6 million hours annually to surpass Clifford Chance’s annual revenue of $1.6 billion, according to law.com’s Global 100. The next three law firms by revenue are Skadden, Freshfields and Baker.