Engagement letters can reduce fee issues if the duties and responsibilities of the parties are properly set forth. Engagement letters should be used to address the following:
- Identification of the client and client representatives.
- A description of the anticipated scope of services and the engagement, including necessary incidental services, including such things as legal research, and associated costs, and staffing.2
- Document duties regarding communications.
- Describe any limitations on services to avoid misunderstandings regarding the scope of the representation.
- Document the basis for the fee. Contingency fee must be documented, as required by Rule 1.5.
- Retainer – Type of retainer (Evergreen)
- Wavier of existing or future conflicts as permitted by Rules 1.7 and 1.9.3
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