Personal Injury Attorney Must Return Client’s File.
Dec 28th, 2009
As a personal injury client, you may choose to discharge
your accident attorney at anytime and, if you do, you are entitled to have your file.
The injury attorney may request that you pay for copying the file, but he may
not refuse giving it to you even if you do not pay the copying charges. (KY Ethics Rule
1.16; comment # 10)
If you
need to discharge your accident attorney, the attorney will have a lien against
your case for his fee, but you will not be required to pay more fees by hiring
a different lawyer. You will pay one fee and the two lawyers will work out
between them what percentage of the fee each will collect. It is wise to make
sure that your retainer agreement with the new attorney reflects the fact that
you will pay one fee. If you need to discharge your lawyer contact the Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney.
"Matt is able to be more aggressive in his representation and he gets the best results possible. I have a lot of trust because of the integrity that I know is there." — Germaine Bivin | Louisville, Kentucky
