Posts Tagged ‘Contingent Fees’

NYSBA Reverses Stand on Contingent Post-Divorce Collection Fees

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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 2002] After 25 years, the State Bar has decided that under the present rules, a New York lawyer may not “enter into an arrangement for, charge, or collect a contingent fee in a post-divorce action...
Case Digests: “Santalucia v. Sebright Transportation,” “Baker v. Dorfman,” “Britt v. Legal Aid Society”

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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR January 2001] Santalucia v. Sebright Transportation, Inc. Contingent-Fee cases are property of dissolving firm. Absent contrary agreement, firm gets value of claim at dissolution, not quantum meruit. The...
Hybrid Fee Agreements: Okay or No-kay?

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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR March 2000] Hourly rate fee agreements are the traditional lawyer-on-top “missionary position” of commercial litigation. Contingent fee agreements are the equivalent standard in personal injury matters,...

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