I am an inmate in a state correctional institution. I hired a lawyer and he wanted a $50,000 retainer. I paid him half the retainer. I had two preliminary hearings and he did not show up. Because he didn't show up, I then fired him. I requested a refund of the fee. He refused, saying he had a nonrefundable fee clause. Does that protect him from keeping the funds?
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Ethics
Nonrefundable fee clauses do not give attorneys license to keep large sums of money for doing nothing
The Legal Intelligencer
October 9, 2012
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