Revised California Sample Fee Agreement Forms Out for Public Comment

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The State Bar of California is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the sample fee agreement forms.  The forms have been revised to conform to new California Rules of Professional Conduct that became effective on November 1, 2018.  Included are changes addressing new Rule 1.15 regarding deposit of advanced fees into trust and flat fees, new Rule 1.5.1 on fee splitting between lawyers and a form addressing mediation confidentiality unde new Evidence Code section  1129(a), required when representing a client in mediation.

Drafting an appropriate fee agreement should not be a casual exercise but one given a lot of thought.  The State Bar form fee agreements offer a place to start and the revised versions will continue to do so, even if modified after public comment.

Deadline

May 1, 2019

Direct comments to

Isabel Liou
Office of Professional Competence, Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-538-2020
Email: feearb@calbar.ca.gov

 

Published by David Cameron Carr

David C. Carr ~ Ethics Lawyer David C. Carr, an attorney in private practice in San Diego, California, specializes in ethics advice to lawyers, California State Bar discipline defense, and attorney licensing. Mr. Carr is a 1986 graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Following several years of practice in commercial law and business litigation, Mr. Carr joined the State Bar of California as a staff attorney in 1989, where he served as a staff attorney, a discipline prosecutor and a manager in discipline enforcement office before returning to private practice in 2001. Mr. Carr is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, where he is active on the Legal Ethics Committee. He is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, and the Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (ADDC), where he served as president from 2008 through 2011. He is also a member of the State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) for the 2018-2021 term. Mr. Carr is an adjunct faculty member at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he has taught professional responsibility.

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