Form No. 3: CONTINGENCY FEE With the exceptions and additions recited below, the comments on the Hourly Litigation Form 1 apply equally to the Contingency Form 3.
Form No. N/A. Respondents: Business or other for- profit. Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000 respondents; 31.2 hours per response (avg.); 936,000 total annual burden hours for all collections. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Form No. 1 (survey);
Form No. N/A. Estimated Annual Burden: 28 respondents; 89 responses; .017 hours (1 minute) to 50 hours per response; 934 burden hours per year; $0 annual cost burden.
Form No. PART 1.0: APPLICANT’S PARTICULARS.
Form No. 24 A GUARANTEE BOND TO BE EXECUTED BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR REMOVAL OF DEFECTS AFTER COMPLETION IN RESPECT OF Lighting System & LV System (To be executed on non-judicial stamp paper of the appropriate value in accordance with relevant stamp Act.) The agreement made this.................... day of ................. (Two Thousand _ only)
Form No. 1: Hourly Litigation · Conditions (Par. 1) and Effective Date (Par. 17) Paragraph 1 (Conditions) and paragraph 17 (Effective Date) work together and outline various conditions which must be met before the fee agreement is binding on the parties. If the conditions are not met, the agreement may not take effect but the attorney may still be entitled to recover a reasonable fee. (Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148(a), 6148(c).) · Scope of Services and Attorney’s Duties (Par. 2) and Client’s Duties (Par. 3) The attorney should fill in a detailed description of the services to be provided. This may be a statutory requirement. (Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148(a)(2).) This paragraph excludes representation in an appeal, collection proceedings after judgment or proceedings regarding renewal of a judgment. It also provides that a separate written agreement is required for these services and any other services not provided in the description. Paragraph 3 lists all the duties the client must fulfill during the attorney-client relationship, which may be a statutory requirement. (Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148(a)(3).) · Deposit (Par. 4) Although a deposit is not required, if the attorney chooses to require a deposit, he or she should keep this clause in the agreement and fill in the amount of the initial deposit and the date it must be paid. Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15(a) requires that advances for fees, costs and expenses must be deposited into the attorney’s client trust account. Since an attorney cannot withdraw funds from the trust account without the client’s authorization, an authorization is included in this paragraph. There is also a recitation that the deposit is not an estimate of the total fees and costs to be charged. When the initial deposit is exhausted, the provision permits the attorney to require a further deposit and the attorney should fill in the amount. Finally, in the “Optional Clauses” document there is a provision for a “Replenishing Deposit” which permits the attorney to require the client replenish the deposit each month. · Legal Fees (Par. 5) Since Business and Professions Code section 6148(a)(1) requires the attorney to list hourly rates, the attorney should fill in the rates for each attorney and the attorney’s personnel. The provision also states that rates are subject to change on 30 days written notice to the client. The attorney may withdraw from the representation if the client declines to pay the increased rate and if permitted under the California Ru...
Form No. 3: Contingency The Instructions and Comments concerning the Hourly Litigation Sample Agreement apply to the Contingent Fee Agreement with the following exceptions:
Form No. 000-000-00 shall be executed with each public or private entity that enters into this nonexclusive revocable license agreement with the Department.
Form No. N/A. Estimated Annual Burden: 600 total annual hours; 100 hours per respondent (avg.); 6 respondents. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
