Attorney Fees

If you have questions or concerns about the fee, please raise them with the attorney who is providing the services. The Florida Bar also offers a fee arbitration mechanism, but we do not expect that you will need to go that far to resolve any fee dispute. Our attitude is that client satisfaction is important,

Usually, yes. We are ordinarily happy to negotiate a flat fee agreement with you at the initial consultation, even in cases where we would ordinarily charge an hourly fee.

Other than the initial consultation fee, we usually do not require retainers to be paid at the beginning of our representation. One common exception: in guardianship, conservatorship and probate administration cases where we reasonably anticipate an objection or a barrier to a quick resolution, we may require a retainer.

In a few cases (usually involving will and trust contests) we may be willing to discuss setting our fee as a percentage of the recovery for our clients. In such cases we will not ordinarily charge fees during the pendency of the case, and we will collect a fee only if our client receives an

When we act as a fiduciary (either trustee, guardian/conservator or personal representative) we may in some cases charge a percentage fee. In that case, our fee will usually be a percentage of the value of the trust or estate that we manage. Such a fee arrangement may be as a minimum fee; that is, we

Not always. For most estate planning cases (wills, powers of attorney, revocable living trusts, special needs trusts, and deeds) and certain consultations, we charge a flat fee. This is easier when the work has a predictable start and ending point, and we can estimate the amount of time it will take us to complete the