Illinois (IL) Attorney's Fees CLE Course Catalog

A bifurcated fee arrangement involves splitting the consumer chapter 7 engagement into pre-petition and post-petition fee arrangements that require little or no money down for the work required to finish the case. In several jurisdictions across the nation, however, bifurcated fee arrangements in chapter 7 cases are being challenged. This panel will review the complex issues related to these fee arrangements.

You’ve seen lots of CLE programs about the internet, but this program will provide the most current ethics considerations for practitioners on requirements for advising clients about their social media activity, ethics tips for receiving money through third party apps such as Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle. and how to respond to online legal questions in public forums.

The two familiar topics that seem to dominate law firm life are billing and collections. Clients refuse to pay their invoices. Attorneys aren't getting their hours in on time. Revenue is down. This cycle is familiar, but it doesn't have to be your firm's normal operating procedure.

Lawyers are taught (and even encouraged) not to vigorously pursue non-payment from their clients: indeed, malpractice insurers raise premiums if a firm is in the habit of suing clients for non-payment. But law firms are like any other business in that they should expect to get paid for their work.