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Court can reduce fees from minor’s med-mal settlement 

Published: April 9, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, guardian ad litem, medical malpractice

State law allowed a trial court to unilaterally reduce attorney and guardian ad litem fees from a minor’s medical malpractice settlement, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled.

‘Fee-only’ plan permissible in bankruptcy 

Published: March 26, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, CHAPTER 13

A Chapter 13 plan that in essence only ensured the payment of attorney and trustee fees should not have been automatically rejected as having been filed in “bad faith,” the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

Lawyer must share fee with ex-partner 

Published: February 22, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, contingent fee, whistleblower

A lawyer was required to share a contingent fee that he earned after the dissolution of his law firm, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.

Lawyer’s suit over division of fees isn’t barred 

Published: February 6, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, lien, statute of limitations

The expiration of a lawyer’s lien against a personal injury settlement did not bar her from suing her co-counsel regarding the division of fees, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.

Lawyer’s fee has priority over hospital’s lien 

Published: February 2, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, lien

A hospital’s lien against a personal injury settlement did not attach until after the plaintiff’s lawyer had taken his fee, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.

Contingent fee contract draws discipline from state bar 

Published: February 2, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, contingent fee, lawyer discipline, Rules of Professional Conduct

A Virginia lawyer has been admonished by the state bar for demanding a contingency fee from a client for non-monetary relief.

A three-judge panel imposed the public admonition on Thomas H. Roberts, saying they were concerned the fee agreement presented the possibility of a fee “adverse to the client.”

Accommodating the ADA 

By: David Frank
Published: January 4, 2012

Tags: ADA, attorney fees, Massachusetts

Depending on which side of the aisle a lawyer practices, plaintiffs like John Marshall are seen as either heroic civil rights advocates or crafty manipulators of the legal system.

Attorney fees improperly limited in Title VII case 

Published: December 21, 2011

Tags: attorney fees, contingency fee, retaliation, Title VII

A district court improperly relied on an employee’s contingency fee agreement in limiting the amount of attorney fees to be awarded in her Title VII retaliation suit, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

Wisconsin Senate passes bill restricting attorney fees 

Published: October 31, 2011

Tags: attorney fees, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill designed to limit the amount of fees attorneys can collect when damages are awarded to consumers who have been harmed.

Home lender can recover attorney fees in bankruptcy 

Published: October 19, 2011

Tags: attorney fees, CHAPTER 13

A home lender could recover attorney fees incurred in connection with a borrower’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy case, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.