Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 19, 2019
Unconscionable: despicable, or inconceivable?
We need to draw a bold line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior in the law. Take fees, for example. No, not my fees, I mean generic lawyers’ fees.
Louie H. Castoria
Partner
Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck LLP
425 California St 21st Fl
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 926-7601
Fax: (415) 926-7601
Email: lcastoria@kdvlaw.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Louie is a mediator with CourtCall Online Dispute Resolution, a member of the Mediation Society, a mandatory settlement officer with the San Francisco County Superior Court, and an adjunct professor of law at Golden Gate University. He won his first U.S. Supreme Court on July 1, 2021.
We need to draw a bold line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior in the law. Take fees, for example. No, not my fees, I mean generic lawyers' fees.
The American Bar Association, which is followed by nearly every state in this regard, declares in its Model Rules of Professional Conduct that lawyers' fees must be "reasonable under the circumstances." The rule sounds... well, reasonable, but leaves a lot of wiggle room for inter...
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