Fee disputes are a leading cause of independent legal malpractice claims, disciplinary complaints, and complaints made with the Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security. The best way to protect ...

In Delaney v. Dickey, 244 N.J. 466 (2020), our Supreme Court held that attorney-client retainer agreements may include a clause providing for arbitration of fee disputes and legal malpractice claims.

Q: My daughter hired an attorney to represent her in an adoption case. The attorney requested a $10,000 retainer which she paid in July. She received no accounting of his charges until she received an ...

The man accused of posing as an attorney fled Riverside Superior Courthouse before deputies arrived. Getty images/iStock photo A man accused of collecting retainer fees from a client while posing as ...

I have been a lawyer for close to 70 years and was in private practice for more than 40 years. I have never practiced personal injury law, but I have many friends who did so. As your article on a ...

A man accused of collecting retainer fees from a client while posing as an attorney has been arrested, California deputies say. Erick Porras Rivera, 66, of Upland was booked into jail on multiple ...