An ethics rule requires fee-sharing agreements between attorneys to be proportionate to the legal services provided by each one, or else be made in writing and signed off by the client.
But proportionality must be established at the outset, not based on how events unfold later on. That’s the message in Vinick v. Friedman, A-2590-09, where the Appellate Division held that Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5 “does not contemplate an avoidance of its requirements by happenstance at the end of the services performed.”
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