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    Attorney Fees

    Volume 42 Issue 4  

    Family

    Retainer Agreements

    Carl W. Gilmore

    This article explains why the ubiquitous retainer agreement is crucial to a successful attorney-client relationship, successful case management, and protection of both parties in family law cases and provides a helpful full-text example that covers all these essential functions.

    Family

    The Presentation and Proof of Attorney Fees in Family Law Cases

    James S. Bailey and Rebecca Goldmanis

    Proving the reasonableness of attorney fees in domestic and family law cases is challenging because courts will not award fees that are objectively unreasonable, but there is no precise rule or formula. The authors recommend a multilayered approach.

    Features

    Family

    Collection of Attorney Fees

    David H. Friedman

    Collecting fees from a former client can be a minefield for the unwary practitioner due to ethical, technical, and practical issues. Learn about third-party guarantees, the ethics surrounding contingency fees in a dissolution of marriage action and charging lien/attorney’s lien in retainer agreements, the statute of limitations in fees collection, whether to settle and accept credit card payments, and common post-judgement collection actions.

    From the Chair

    From the Editor in Chief

    Art: Law & Practice

    Section News