Attention Arizona attorneys: to receive compensation for your contingent fee work, make sure your fee agreement is in writing and signed by the client – or, you might not get paid at all. This is the message from the Arizona Court of Appeals, announced through Levine v. Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C., 2018 WL 543052 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018). The Levine case involved a dispute over attorneys’ fees between the law firm Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman
Today we celebrate Law Day. The American Bar Association first proposed the idea for a nationally recognized Law Day 60 years ago. On May 1, 1958, President Eisenhower established Law Day to celebrate the role of law in the United States. It is an opportunity to reflect on the ways in which the creation of law has developed our country and the freedoms we enjoy. This year’s topic is the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment
