Can a lawyer forgive a client’s costs which were contingent on the outcome and the client’s responsibility under the fee agreement?

By Thomas Bonte | Published June 9, 2017 | Posted in Florida Bar Rule 4-1.8(e) financial assistance to client, Florida Ethics Opinion 16-1 lawyer cost forgiveness, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, financial assistance to client, Florida Bar, lawyer ethics, Rule 4-1.8(e) financial assistance to client, waiver of costs financial assistance to client | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss whether a lawyer can forgive a client’s costs client’s which were contingent on the outcome of the matter and the client’s responsibility under fee agreement. Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 16-1 states that this would be ethical if the client was not unconditionally responsible for Read More

Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee concludes that a lawyer can forgive advanced costs after a negligence case is resolved

By Thomas Bonte | Published July 6, 2016 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer waiving costs and fees, Waiver of costs, waiver of costs financial assistance to client | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, financial assistance to client, Florida Bar, Florida Bar Ethics Opinions, joseph corsmeier, Rule 4-1.8(e) financial assistance to client | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the Bar Professional Ethics Committee’s (PEC) Proposed Advisory Opinion 16-1, which concludes that a lawyer can forgive advanced costs at the conclusion of a negligence case when the lawyer also does not take a fee and inform lien holders and the lawyer advises Read More

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