MCLE/Ethics: Ensure That Your Clients Pay Your Fees

Professional Responsibility Article Covers Basics Of Proper Retainer Letter And Attorney Billing Practices.

     Under the heading “Ensure That Your Clients Pay Your Fees”, attorney Lorraine M. Walsh of Walnut Creek has written an ethics/professional responsibility article that appears in the November 4, 2016 on-line edition of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.  Ms. Walsh covers basic rules for fee contracts in California, rules for bills, common improper billing practices to avoid, and unenforceability of a dispute waiver provision.  Plus, California State Bar members can then click to an MCLE test that they can take for MCLE credit.