The New Lawyer Supplement
Nov. 22, 2006
Question 5: Professional Responsibility
Lawyer represents Client, who sustained serious injuries when she was hit by a truck driven by Driver. Lawyer and Client entered into a valid, written contingency fee agreement, whereby Lawyer would receive one-third of any recovery to Client related to the truck accident. Because Client was indigent, however, Lawyer orally agreed to advance Client's litigation expenses and to lend her $1,000 monthly in living expenses that he would recoup from any eventual settlement. Lawyer d...
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