In re Anderson

Among other requirements, the attorney must agree to accept only the amounts specified in the guidelines as "presumptively reasonable." Nothing in the guidelines permits the attorney to pass on to the client, or to receive from the estate, the general excise tax on the presumptively reasonable fee.

In addition, the attorney and the client must sign a Rights and Responsibilities Agreement in a prescribed form.8 This *795agreement has lengthy and detailed provisions about attorneys' fees. These provisions do not permit an attorney opting in to the no-look fee process to pass on the general excise…