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Collection of legal fees under WA state contract law, attorney client fee agreement not paidI would like to know if I can be sued from a past attorney who lost my case from back in 2003. I served 2 years in prison and I paid my attorney the entire retainer fee and also made additional payments throughout my case. What can I do? Attorney answers (1)
If you have a legal liability to your attorney, then there is no law that would prevent your attorney to sue his client. Simply losing your case is not a basis for you not to be obligated to pay for services for which you agreed to pay.
Perhaps you should review with an attorney whether your former attorney has a legal basis to sue you or whether you have legal claims against your attorney. Alternatively, the WA State Bar Association, the agency that licenses and regulates attorneys in WA, offers programs for fee arbitration and mediation between clients and attorneys. The site is http://www.wsba.org/public/default.htm . 3 people marked this answer as good
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