An article by Bonnie C. Frost originally published in New Jersey Family Lawyer Vol. 36, No. 1/September 2015. Lawyers deserve to be paid for the services they render to their clients. Despite that fact, clients may contest or simply decline payment of the fees they owe to their attorney. In an effort to assist both litigants and lawyers in resolving these fee disputes without either side filing a lawsuit, the New Jersey Supreme Court instituted the concept of fee arbitration. This statewide program is composed of volunteer attorneys and laypeople who serve on local fee arbitration committees that screen and adjudicate fee disputes between an attorney and his or her client. Download to read more#feearbitration #fullwrittendisclosure #retaineragreement