State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dec. 9, 2016
Mandatory fee arbitration: a primer
MFAs are a great way for lawyers to resolve fee disputes and avoid malpractice claims and State Bar complaints.
Kenneth E. Bacon
Mastagni Holstedt APCIt is an unfortunate side effect of the practice of law that attorneys and clients occasionally become embroiled in attorney fee disputes. Unpaid fees often reflect poor communication and client dissatisfaction and suing a client to recover those fees can be like throwing salt on a wound, which far more often than not leads to a malpractice claim. But fear not, mandatory fee arbitrations (MFAs) provides an alternate forum to resolve such disputes that can dramatically reduce the risk of a ...
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