Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Utah

Attorney fee collection

I hired an attorney to represent me in collecting back daycare from my child's father.� The agreement I signed says I only had 15 days fromt the date of the invoice to dispute charges.� I was charged thousands of dollars for preparing the case for tiral. After 3 years of promises the attorney has refused to file the lawsuit until I pay $17000, so I asked her to resign.� She is now threatening to send me to collections after I offered to make payments.� Do I owe her fees for a lawsiut she worked on and didn't file.� Am I responsible for not filing a dispute in writing in the 15 day timne frame if I didn't know at that time she wasn't going to file it?� Also the agreement stated and hourly rate of $150 per hour and that only could be changed if all parties signed a new agreement, no notice was given and she started charging me $175 per hour.� Do I owe for the larger amount because I didn't know I had to dispute within 15 days even though she has clearly not followed her own contract?


Asked on 3/06/08, 11:57 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

Re: Attorney fee collection

You can dispute the charges at any reasonable time. You do not have to pay for a higher hourly rate if the agreement does not allow for the increase. You can contact the Utah State Bar Association and file a fee dispute claim

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Answered on 3/07/08, 10:48 am


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