This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jan. 20, 2017

An anticipated evolution of fee-sharing

If approved, new fee-sharing agreement rules will better protect clients by requiring that informed written consents be obtained at or near the time the lawyers enter into the written agreement to divide the fee.

David M. Majchrzak

Partner
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn

Litigation, Legal Ethics

501 W Broadway A380
San Diego , CA 92101-3584

Email: dmajchrak@rosinglaw.com

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

David practices in the areas of legal ethics and litigation of professional liability claims.

Heather L. Rosing

Founding Partner
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn

Legal Malpractice (Specialist), Business Law

501 W Broadway, A380
San Diego , CA 92101

Phone: (619) 990-5566

Email: hrosing@rosinglaw.com

Northwestern Univ School of Law

Heather serves as the chairperson of the Legal Ethics and Law Firm Risk Management Practice Group, as well as the Lawyers and Accountants Practice Group. She is an appointed advisor to the State Bar of California's Rules Revision Commission.

Collaboration of attorneys often results in a great benefit to the client. This can take the form of direct assistance, such as multiple attorneys working together to provide legal services and advice to common clients. Or it can happen indirectly, such as where one attorney assists in pairing clients with the right lawyer. Regardless of what the respective roles are, in many cases, all of the lawyers involved want to be compensated for their efforts. When the attorneys work in different f...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up