Fighting For Your Inheritance
Fighting For Your Inheritance
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Hi, this is Stewart Alberton with Albertson & Davidson and we’ve been discussing contingency fee agreements and the benefits, the advantages and disadvantages to entering into a contingency fee agreement. And I want to talk to you about one more benefit…
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Hi, this is Stewart Albertson with Albertson & Davidson. I want to talk to you about contingency fees, and how they can give access to some beneficiaries who don’t have the ability to pay lawyers on an hourly basis. The traditional…
Part 2 – Litigation Costs.
I read in Senator Harry Reed’s autobiography about a criminal defense attorney who practiced law in the 1960’s and 1970’s who would say when asked how much he will cost to defend a felony murder case “everything you’ve got!” Well that sounds a bit excessive! But many clients fear just…
The tangled web of litigation can cause some pretty funny alliances at times. Emily Green of the Daily Journal reported on February 28, 2013 that the estate of Mark R. Hughes, founder of Hebalife, Ltd., who died in 2000, is still being litigated in the appellate court. The latest turn of events comes…
Lawyers have rules that we must follow (no, seriously we do), and one of them is that any engagement where we estimate the fees to the client will exceed $1,000 must be documented by a written fee agreement—sometimes called retainer agreement or engagement agreement. See Bus. & Prof. Code Section 6148. The California Court…
Beneficiaries have all the legal rights, and none of the legal obligations, when it comes to California Trusts and Wills. But beneficiaries, at times, have one very practical obligation—paying to enforce their rights.
For beneficiaries of California Trusts, it’s every beneficiary for him or herself. That means there is no governmental oversight of Trustees until…
Marc Alexander’s and William M. Hensley’s outstanding blog on California attorney’s fees recently commented on Estate of Fernandez, where Justice O’Leary discussed the difference between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” attorney’s fees in the probate arena.
So, what is the difference between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” attorney’s fees that you pay an attorney to “probate” your loved…
