[WSBAPT] contingent probate litigation?

[Ash, Kristina M.]

It depends on whether the attorney is taking a risk.  Take a look at the
WSBA Ethics Advisory Opinion 2230, issued in 2012.  That opinion allowed
the contingency, but stressed that the lawyer needed to take an actual
risk for the fee to be reasonable.

 

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Is there any ethical problem about taking a contingency fee in a probate
litigation case?  Assuming it's all 'reasonable'?

 

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