Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 18, 2017
Fee divisions among lawyers (Rule 1.5.1)
See more on Fee divisions among lawyers (Rule 1.5.1)Rule 1.5.1 does not change the basic California rule that a pure referral fee is permissible, subject to the preconditions of the rule. However, there are three significant differences. By Wendy Chang
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Wendy Chang
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Loyola Law School, 1995
Wendy is based in the firm's Los Angeles office. She is a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She served as an advisor to the State Bar of California's Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct and is a past chair of the State Bar of California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Wendy is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization.
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PROPOSED RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Last month, the State Bar of California delivered its complete proposed Rules of Professional Conduct to the California Supreme Court. Those proposed rules contain several with material changes that practitioners need to be aware of, which would be effective if the California Supreme Court adopts them. This article discusses f...
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