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Letter to the Editor

Jan. 20, 2010

Letters to the Editor

Readers weigh in on recent issues.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

The January 13 article entitled "Resolving the Billable Hour Dilemma" by Jonathan Petrus immediately raised two questions. What am I missing, and are the rules of professional conduct dead? Rule 1-320 dealing with financial arrangements with non-lawyers prohibits a member of the bar or a law firm from directly or indirectly sharing legal fees with a person who is not a lawyer, with certain limited exceptions. Those limi...

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