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LA: Kicking back fees to avoid firm's knowledge merits disbarment

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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Lawyer's claim that he waived a fee to the client [here, a PI case] who was a friend and the client kicked back the fee to the lawyer to avoid it going through the firm's books resulted in a recommendation for disbarment. In re Sharp, La. Atty. Disc. Bd., 07-DB-019 (July 30, 2008).*

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 19, 2008 (boomark / email).

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