It is crucial to have an engagement letter in the file which is the starting point for your defense against any grievance or malpractice claim that might arise. A case without a written lawyer-client agreement will turn on what you told the client and what the client heard you say. Your vulnerability to malpractice liability is high.
Related sample documents:
- Engagement Letter: Contingent Fee
- Engagement Letter: Contingent Fee, Short Form
- Engagement Letter: Contingent Fee, Long Form
- Engagement Letter: Contingency Fee Agreement for Legal Services – With Referral Fee
- Engagement Letter: Basic Hourly
- Engagement Letter: Hourly Rate
- Engagement Letter: Hourly Rate Fee
- Engagement Letter: Hourly, Potential Conflict of Interest
- Engagement Letter: Estate Planner Representing Both Spouses
- Engagement Letter: Limited Scope Representation
- Non-Engagement Letter: Basic
- Non-Engagement Letter: Conflict of Interest (version 1)
- Non-Engagement Letter: Conflict of Interest (version 2)
- Non-Engagement Letter: Default Judgment Option Clause
- Non-Engagement: Lost Client
- Non-Engagement: Letter to Unrepresented Party
- Disengagement Letter: Sample
- Disengagement Letter: Unpaid Fees
- Disengagement Letter: Termination of Representation – Case Closed
- Disengagement: Termination of Representation – Permissive Withdrawal
- Disengagement: File Closing Letter (Form ER03)