I represented a nonprofit that referred a client to me. I received a substantial award for the client. May I give half of my legal fee to the nonprofit?
Yes. Initially, one would think a lawyer could not share his or her legal fee with a nonprofit organization because that would violate Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4(a), which prohibits a lawyer from sharing legal fees with a nonlawyer. But there is an exception under Rule 5.4(a)(5), which states: “A lawyer may share court-awarded legal fees with a nonprofit organization that employed, retained or recommended employment of the lawyer in the matter.”
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