Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jan. 9, 2008
Manipulating Referral Fees
Focus Column - By Dana Hobart - Lawyers need to prepare for the ways others may try to avoid paying them agreed-on fees.
By Dana Hobart
This article appears on Page 5.
The practice of securing a fee for referring cases from one lawyer to another is big business in California. Usually, these relate to contingent-fee tort cases, with the agreed referral fee being a given percent of total fees recovered.
Hundreds of attorneys across the state routinely refer cases to attorneys whose speci...
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