Taxation & Estate Planning

Client?s Rights & Client?s Responsibilities

By Christopher L. Miller

An attorney is required by the Joint Rules of the Appellate Divisions, Part 1215, to provide clients with a written letter of engagement where the legal fee is expected to be greater than $3,000.00. The letter of engagement must state the exact scope of services to be provided to the client, the fee to be charged, and the method by which the attorney bills, i.e., contingency, flat fee, hourly, etc.

An attorney must also provide the client with a Statement of Client’s Rights and a Statement of Client’s Responsibilities. These statements must also be prominently displayed in the attorney’s office.  For your information, you may find them below, courtesy of the New York State Bar Association.

Statement of Client?s Rights

Statement of Client?s Responsibilities

Full post as published by Res Publicae - The New York Estates Blog on July 13, 2007 (boomark / email).