Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Referral fees for business submitted to attorney

I believe you will find that prohibition is "directly or indirectly," so I am afraid you cannot share in the fee from the attorney. You can, however, make your deal with the person or company furnishing you with the lead(s). That's about the only way, that way you are not sharing in the attorneys' fees.

Re: Referral fees for business submitted to attorney

am a little mixed up. Are you getting leads from a company and in trying to deal those leads, or are you part of the company and are dealing the leads. There is a substantial difference there. I might be interested but I will not in any way violate any rules in the state of California under the ethics sections of the State Bar. Therefore I must know more about all of this before I can either make an assessment or contact the ethics hotline of the State Bar hearing California. I have practiced law in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years in this specialty if you wish to contact me please feel free to call me at 925 -- 945 -- 6000.

Re: Referral fees for business submitted to attorney

I do collections. You may not share fees. If you obtain the clients, and they hire the attorney that is one way to work it out.

Joel Selik

800-894-2889

www.SelikLaw.com

Re: Referral fees for business submitted to attorney

You will find the prohibition codified in Rule 1-320 of the Cal. Rules of Professional Conduct, which states in pertinent part: "(A) Neither a member [lawyer] nor a law firm shall directly or indirectly share legal fees with a person who is not a lawyer . . ." with certain exceptions that don't seem applicable. Even if you had a lawyer on staff and you controlled the company, that would be a violation.