F Value; Credit for Uncollectible Amounts and Assignment Thereof;
Contingent Fee Matters.
In most jurisdictions, ethics rules require representation agreements only for
contingent fee matters or advance payment of availability or flat fees that will not be placed in a trust account.
Not exact matches
Since the entry
fee in the 1952 NCAA championships at Berkeley, Calif. was only $ 2 it was a simple
matter to persuade the track coach to enter a Carleton College
contingent, especially since the
contingent had to get to California from Minnesota on its own.
Your obligation is not
contingent on them convincing you that the
fee is just, so it doesn't
matter that they won't explain the difference.
That means using hourly billing, flat
fees,
contingent fees, and hybrid arrangements to suit each
matter best.
Once the attorney was discharged, his right to payment was no longer in the
contingent fee agreement, but instead was a
matter of quantum meruit.
My clients in
contingent -
fee matters frequently got less than I did, mainly because the damages were statutory and small, and I had a right to recover my attorney
fees and costs.
For the lawyer or paralegal, the risk inherent in
contingent fees is mitigated by their expertise in assessing the risk inherent in particular
matters and by their «portfolio» of cases.
Think
contingent -
fee matters like consumer, employment discrimination, and personal injury cases.
All personal injury
matters are handled confidentially and on a
contingent fee basis.
Contingent -
fee matters are the only exception.
Properly structuring transactions like post-settlement accounting for a
contingent -
fee matter or overpaying an invoice with a mix of
fee income, costs, and discounts, can induce headaches.
And if you handle
contingent -
fee matters, make sure you take the time you need to explore the potential claims.
(2) A solicitor may enter into a contingency
fee agreement that provides that the remuneration paid to the solicitor for the legal services provided to or on behalf of the client is
contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the
matter in respect of which services are provided.
Just performing a couple of
matters on a fixed
fee basis or accepting a handful of
contingent fee cases won't provide a good measure of alternative
fees.
Contingency
Fees and Contingency
Fee Agreements (3) Subject to subrule (1) except in family law or criminal or quasi-criminal matters, a lawyer may enter into a written agreement in accordance with the Solicitors Act and the regulations thereunder, that provides that the lawyer's fee is contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the matter for which the lawyer's services are to be provid
Fee Agreements (3) Subject to subrule (1) except in family law or criminal or quasi-criminal
matters, a lawyer may enter into a written agreement in accordance with the Solicitors Act and the regulations thereunder, that provides that the lawyer's
fee is contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the matter for which the lawyer's services are to be provid
fee is
contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the
matter for which the lawyer's services are to be provided.