South Carolina Issues Reprimand To Lawyer Who Paid Referral Fees to Nonlawyers

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IN THE MATTER OF TAYLOR, SC: Supreme Court 2017 – Google Scholar:

Rule 5.4 prohibits a lawyer from paying a referral fee to a nonlawyer. Indeed, it prohibits sharing any fees with nonlawyers.

The respondent was a personal injury lawyer who paid two nonlawyers substantial referral fees for referring a personal injury case to him. The two checks amounted to $48,500 and $20,000. One of the checks was paid to a local police chief.

Comment: the lawyer was extremely lucky to escape with a reprimand.

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B.A. University of Chicago, 1988, J.D. Harvard Law School, 1991, Clerk to the Honorable Michael S. Kanne, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1991-1992, Mayer Brown 1992-1996, Katten Muchin 1996-97, The Clinton Law Firm, 1997 -. I practice in the areas of commercial litigation, legal malpractice and legal ethics.

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