Payor Can Sue Lawyer on Contract to Defend Juvenile 
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Published: October 15, 2012
Tags: Attorneys, Judge J. Overton Harris, Richmond County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
A plaintiff who paid defendant lawyer a $45,000 flat fee to defend a juvenile on a rape charge through “final verdict” of the juvenile court, has standing to seek an accounting of that fee after the lawyer was discharged before representation was concluded under the contract, says a Richmond County Circuit Court.
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