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Tag: unreasonable fees

Ethics Opinions

New Advisory Opinion on a Lawyer’s Use of Percentage-Based Fees in Representing Succession Representatives

On August 25, 2021, the Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association published Public Opinion 21-RPCC-22 providing guidance on a lawyer’s use of a percentage-based fee …

Louisiana Cases

What Disciplinary Sanction is Appropriate for Billing “Phantom” Hours?

On March 15, 2019, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia suspended a lawyer for three months for false billing practices. See Lawyer Disciplinary Bd. v. Hassan, No. 16-1210 …

Recent Cases

Billing Bad: Charging Client for Watching TV Draws Suspension

The Supreme Court of Tennessee recently imposed a one-year suspension on Knoxville lawyer Yarboro Sallee for billing her client for watching TV. See Sallee v. Tn. Board of Prof’l Resp., No. E2014-01062-SC-R3-BP (Jul. …

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