Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 22, 2018
Options for serious fee disputes: mediation, arbitration or litigation
The key is to remain open to whichever process your client wishes to use.
Frederick Hertz
5464B College Ave
Oakland , California 69461-8
Phone: (510) 834-4114
Email: fred@frederickhertz.com
Frederick is an attorney and mediator based in Oakland. He has managed his practice for more than 25 years.
If your own efforts to resolve the fee dispute with your client have not led to a resolution, there are three other arenas for doing so: voluntary mediation, fee arbitration (which can either be binding or non-binding), or court litigation. Your goal should be to resolve the dispute as quickly and economically as possible, and for this reason you should remain open to whichever process your client wishes to use.
Mediation is always a...
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