A Client Who Is Unable to Resolve a Fee Dispute

question 20

Multiple Choice

A client who is unable to resolve a fee dispute with a lawyer can have the lawyer's bill reviewed by a court official. These court officials have the power to

• A) authorize compensation to be paid by the provincial law society.
• B) impose fines on either the client or the lawyer.
• C) decide that the bill is too high and reduce it accordingly.
• D) require that the client and lawyer attend fee mediation.
• E) order that a lawyer be taken into custody.

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Definitions:

Nat Turner's Rebellion

An 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia, that resulted in significant deaths and had a profound impact on the antebellum South.

Historical Significance

The measure of an event, person, or place's impact on history and its importance in understanding past developments.

Second Middle Passage

The massive trade of slaves from the Upper South (Virginia and the Chesapeake) to the Lower South (the Gulf states) that took place between 1820 and 1860.

Slave Rebellions

Acts of armed resistance by enslaved people against their enslavers and the institution of slavery.