ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions
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Class representative fee arrangement providing for additional compensation beyond court awarded amount :
Opinion # 19-01
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Applicability of fee division and conflict of interest rules in of counsel relationship :
Opinion # 16-04
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Credit card used to fund a security retainer :
Opinion # 14-01
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Collecting a fee in excess of an amount allowed by court order :
Opinion # 13-01
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Use of advance payment retainers in family law matters :
Opinion # 12-19
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Fee sharing between discharged lawyer and successor lawyer :
Opinion # 12-11
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Fee for estate planning calculated upon percentage of estate value :
Opinion # 12-02
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Transfer of dissolved corporate client’s funds held in trust by lawyer to lawyer as fees :
Opinion # 02-02
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Fee for reduction of lien, common fund doctrine. :
Opinion # 97-08
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Disclosure of confidential client information to collect fee or defend against wrongful conduct :
Opinion # 94-10
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Charging interest on litigation expenses advanced to client :
Opinion # 94-06
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Responsibility for payment of court reporter’s fees :
Opinion # 94-17
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Deduction of attorney fees from funds held in escrow :
Opinion # 93-17
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Assisting client to obtain loan to pay attorney fees :
Opinion # 92-09
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Secretarial overtime :
Opinion # 91-06
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Entitlement to fee upon determination of conflict and subsequent withdrawal :
Opinion # 90-26
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Lawyer transferring client funds held in trust for lawyer’s fees :
Opinion # 88-15
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Interest on past due bills or advanced expenses :
Opinion # 87-10
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Disbarred lawyer fees in contingent matter :
Opinion # 87-03
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Compensation and reimbursement of witnesses :
Opinion # 87-05
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Payment of expert witness contingent on outcome :
Opinion # 86-03
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Computerized legal research :
Opinion # 85-09
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Rebate from title insurance company :
Opinion # 799
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Claim for portion of in-house lawyer’s salary in mortgage foreclosure :
Opinion # 768
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Non-refundable retainer :
Opinion # 722