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2. Retainer agreement - Wikipedia

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   It is common for a person seeking the services of a lawyer (attorney) to pay a retainer ("retainer fee") to the lawyer, to see a case through to its conclusion. [2] A retainer can be a single advance payment or a recurring (e.g. monthly) payment. Absent an agreement to the contrary, a retainer fee is refundable if the work is not performed. [3]

3. Duty of confidentiality - Wikipedia

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   As the lawyer-client duty of confidentiality is primarily sourced in contract law, the wording of implied terms in the retainer agreement determines its scope of operation. Despite its importance, there have been few judicial attempts to resolve the extent of the implied term.

4. Personal injury lawyer - Wikipedia

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   For example, a retainer agreement might provide that a lawyer will receive a 33 and 1/3% contingency fee if a case settles before a lawsuit is filed, a 40% contingency fee if the case settles after the lawsuit is filed, or up to 45% if the lawsuit goes to trial.

5. Retainer - Wikipedia

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   Retainer agreement, a contract in which an employer pays in advance for work, to be secured or specified later, when required; Domestic worker or servant, especially one who has been with one family for a long time (chiefly British English) Affinity (medieval), also Retinue, a person or group gathered around in the service of a lord

6. Attorney's fee - Wikipedia

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   Attorney fees are negotiated between the attorney and client, subject to any limits imposed by state law and the general principle that an attorney fee must be reasonable. Although fee agreements in most cases can be oral agreements, it is good practice for lawyers to enter formal written fee agreements with their clients, and to clearly ...

7. Lester Brickman - Wikipedia

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   "A nonrefundable retainer," he and his co-author wrote, "is an agreement between lawyer and client providing for the payment of part or all of the fee in advance of the lawyer's performance. The payment is designated in the retainer agreement as nonrefundable. The dispute regarding the validity of these agreements usually arises when the client ...