Law Practice
Jul. 13, 2012
Suing for unpaid fees: the pitfalls, the pitfalls and the pitfalls
I have a very strong bias towards walking away because there are simply too many pitfalls. By Richard Hamar of Hamar & Hamar APC
This is the final part of a two-part series discussing the pitfalls of suing clients for unpaid fees.
Pitfall Two: Cross-Complaints
In Texas Lawyer Reports, Jim Pennington states that more firms seem willing to assume the risk of drawing malpractice counterclaims in order to collect unpaid fees, especially at a time when firm revenues are down. "The most obvious explanation would be because of the economy, and they would ...
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