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Maybe I found one who is on the verge?
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Mexico
Mine is a divorce/custody case, across state lines. He/the case is in New Mexico, I live in Nevada.
The meat of my question here is this.... when he quoted me his fees, he disclosed $150 an hour. That was in May 2009. I have not signed a retainer, although I did pay his retainer fee.
I finally get my first invoice in June 2009, and he's got paralegal fees on there too, at $60/hr. I had no idea there were going to be paralegal fees, much less me expected to pay them.
When I looked up the New Mexico Bar Ethics Committee Recommendations, they deem the paralegal fees fair IF THEY ARE DISCLOSED.
I paid the bill because i don't want this lawyer to dump me if I squawk. I have no money to pay another retainer to another lawyer. I don't know if he would, or could, since I signed no retainer.
Did i do the right thing? What should I do? Do I have recourse? I'm about out of hope, too....
Maybe I found one who is on the verge?
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Mexico
Mine is a divorce/custody case, across state lines. He/the case is in New Mexico, I live in Nevada.
The meat of my question here is this.... when he quoted me his fees, he disclosed $150 an hour. That was in May 2009. I have not signed a retainer, although I did pay his retainer fee.
I finally get my first invoice in June 2009, and he's got paralegal fees on there too, at $60/hr. I had no idea there were going to be paralegal fees, much less me expected to pay them.
When I looked up the New Mexico Bar Ethics Committee Recommendations, they deem the paralegal fees fair IF THEY ARE DISCLOSED.
I paid the bill because i don't want this lawyer to dump me if I squawk. I have no money to pay another retainer to another lawyer. I don't know if he would, or could, since I signed no retainer.
Did i do the right thing? What should I do? Do I have recourse? I'm about out of hope, too....
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