Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 2, 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
Many of us practicing the noble profession depend on clients to pay us directly by agreeing to a flat or hourly fee. We often find ourselves out on a limb, behind on the hours, and unprotected on the terms of a flat fee. On occasion, lawyers find themselves the victim of either the innocent inability to meet the terms of our sweat and blood, or the victim of a client who was, is and will continue to extract legal services without the intent to pa...
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