Louis Charles Shapiro

Louis Shapiro

To correct some of the incorrect aspects of this review, it must be said that amounts that a lawyer charges are a function of the amounts of work that the client asks the lawyer to perform and what is required to be put into a case to handle the case competently. Issues which are of enormous personal and/or professional importance to the client require that a lawyer do all that is necessary to properly protect the client's interests, which is what was done in this case. In fact, however, the rates that I charge for matrimonial and/or family law are below what other attorneys in my area charge. I do that in recognition of the fact that clients in South Jersey often do not have unlimited resources. There are many reasons why a case becomes more expensive. Suffice it to say, a case which at first seems simple can become more expensive due to a number of factors, which include matters relating to each individual client and the sometimes unanticipated issues that arise in an emotional and hotly contested family law case. Moreover, New Jersey's Rules of Professional Conduct -- the rules which govern the conduct of lawyers -- provide a number of legally acceptable reasons for a lawyer to be permitted to withdraw from representing a client by filing a motion with the court. When an appropriate showing is made permitting a lawyer to withdraw from a particular representation, a court of law may grant the lawyer's request.