Attorney-client privilege

Billing Records
If the billing information contained descriptions of services rendered which would reveal the mental impressions and opinions of counsel, that information should be redacted as privileged, Old Holdings, Ltd. v. Taplin, Howard, Shaw & Miller, P.A., Case::584 So.2d 1128 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); however, the remaining information is not privileged and is therefore discoverable.

Finol v. Finol, Case::869 So.2d 666, 666 (Fla. Court::4th DCA 2004).

Billing records contain privileged, attorney-client information. Also, in this day and age, the final round in many lawsuits is the pursuit of prevailing party fees. To this end, time slips and billing records have become, at least to some degree, work product. Typically, work product and trial preparation materials can only be obtained upon a special showing that the records are needed for the trial and substantially equivalent information is not otherwise available. Rule::Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(b)(3). ..

Such records are not discoverable as a matter of course. Billing records of opposing counsel are to be treated as privileged work product. The party seeking production must establish that the requested material is actually relevant to a disputed issue, that the records sought are needed to prepare for the attorney's fee hearing, and that substantially equivalent material cannot be obtained from another source. We anticipate that such requests should be few and far between and should be carefully scrutinized by the trial courts

HCA Health Services Of Florida, Inc. v. Hillman, Case::870 So.2d 104, 107 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).