Discipline
Oct. 24, 2000
Fair Share?
A discharged attorney may not necessarily be entitled to his or her full contractual contingent-fee amount when the case settles shortly after the discharge.
It is often an unhappy day when, after an attorney has provided a substantial amount of legal services for a client, the client terminates the attorney's representation. The attorney's unhappiness greatly increases if the case was accepted on a contingent-fee basis.
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