Marquis & Aurbach v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark

*1150OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

These original petitions for writs of mandamus involve proceedings that began in the State Bar of Nevada’s fee dispute arbitration program, which resolves fee disputes between attorneys and clients. In the fee dispute arbitration proceeding, the client challenged her contingency fee agreement with a firm as violating a professional conduct rule, SCR 155(4)(a).1 This rule, in relevant part, prohibits contingency fee agreements if the payment or amount of the fee “is contingent . . . upon the amount of alimony or support, or property settlement in lieu thereof.”…