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Family

Sep. 7, 2006

A Plan for Discharged Family Lawyers to Get Themselves Paid

FOCUS COLUMN - The business of family law can often involve emotions of clients that change very rapidly. As such, it is not unusual for attorney fees correspondingly to accelerate.


Focus Column

By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer

     
      The business of family law can often involve emotions of clients that change very rapidly. As such, it is not unusual for attorney fees correspondingly to accelerate. During such a fee escalation one of the parties may discharge their attorney, and there may be receivable of substantial attorneys fees. Fortunatel...

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