Legal Opinion
People v. Feather
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 6, 2007No. 06PDJ037PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO C.R.C.P. 251.19
I. ISSUE
Colo. RPC 1.5(a) provides that a lawyer's fee shall be reasonable. Respondent and his client entered into a written contingent fee agreement "to collect back child support" in 1990. He thereafter reduced the child support arrearages to judgments and used $4,000.00 from one judgment to purchase an oil/gas royalty for his client in 1998. Respondent then claimed a perpetual one-third interest in the monthly payment from the oil/ gas royalty. Is such a fee reasonable?
II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
On June 6, 2006, the…
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