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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>david@vaughanlawonline.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2016 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Free Agreement Provision?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I found a helpful link on the ABA website - scroll down about a third of the way and there's a section on including in representation agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/services/ethicsearch/materials_on_client_file_retention.html"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/services/ethicsearch/materials_on_client_file_retention.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: [WSBARP] Free Agreement Provision?<br>
From: Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com"><span style="color:windowtext">pneumiller@hotmail.com</span></a>><br>
Date: Wed, January 20, 2016 9:57 am<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com"><span style="color:windowtext">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">As I spend hours in the basement deciding which old files to shred, a thought came to mind. Does anyone out there in lawyerland use a provision/paragraph in his or her fee agreement
that says, basically, the attorney has the right to destroy the file after say, 7 years. I know one attorney’s fee agreement says that the attorney will retain the file for one year but is not obligated beyond the one year (BUT, he holds onto the file for
at least seven years.) I am hoping this posting will address the nature of a fee agreement provision and NOT the topic of how many years to retain files, based on type of file, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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