Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Indiana

In Indiana...If I've paid a Lawyer a retainer fee ($2,500.00), and asked him not to exceed this amount without notifying me in our initial meeting, and he does, what are my options? There where a total of 3 conferences where the Lawyer was asked, "where do we stand on the legal fees thus far", in each instance, he said he'd have to get back to me, but never did...final bill...$6,826.48 + ret. $2,500.00 = $9326.48....Thx for any help given, I appreciate it.


Asked on 5/08/15, 6:01 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Kenneth Wilk Rubino Ruman Crosmer & Polen

If you specifically told him not to exceed $2500 (and better yet that you put that in writing), you would not owe him for work that you did not authorize.

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Answered on 5/09/15, 7:31 pm


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