Monday, June 8th, 2009
Alaska Ethics: Non-refundable Fees, and Commercial Rankings of Lawyers
The Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association, on May 5, 2009, adopted two opinions of its Ethics Committee.
In Ethics Opinion No. 2009-1, 2009 WL 1570207, the Board held that it is always misleading to describe a fee or retainer in any way as “non-refundable,” because RPC 1.5(a) requires that any fee be reasonable. […]