Retainer Agreement (3 Pages)
This is a Form of a Retainer Agreement to be used for a client engagement. In many states, an attorney must enter into a formal Retainer Agreement as a pre-condition to being entitled to compensation from the client. The Form should indicate in as much detail as reasonably possible the nature of the services to be performed by the attorney(s) for the client(s).
This is a Form of a Retainer Agreement to be used for a client engagement. In many states, an attorney must enter into a formal Retainer Agreement as a pre-condition to being entitled to compensation from the client. The Form should indicate in as much detail as reasonably possible the nature of the services to be performed by the attorney(s) for the client(s).This Form states the expected terms of compensation and how payments will be expected, and indicates the nature of the expected services and the right of either party to terminate the relationship. It is recommended to attach a fee schedule as shown here, especially where the services of different professionals may be billed at different rates
Author:
Steven G. Siegel is president of The Siegel Group, a Morristown, New Jersey - based national consulting firm specializing in tax consulting, estate planning and advising family business owners and entrepreneurs. Mr. Siegel holds a BS from Georgetown University, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in Taxation from New York University.
He is the author of several books, including: Planning for An Aging Population; Business Entities: Start to Finish; Taxation of Divorce and Separation; Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts, Preparing the Audit-Proof Federal Estate Tax Return, Putting It Together: Planning Estates for $5 million and Less, Family Business Succession Planning, Business Acquisitions: Representing Buyers and Sellers in the Sale of a Business; Dynasty Trusts; Planning with Intentionally-Defective Grantor Trusts; The Federal Gift Tax: A Comprehensive Analysis; Charitable Remainder Trusts, Grantor Trust Planning: QPRTs, GRATs and SCINs, The Estate Planning Course, The Retirement Planning Course, Retirement Distributions: Estate and Tax Planning Strategies; The Estate Administration Course, Tax Strategies for Closely-Held Businesses, and Tort Litigation Settlements: Tax and Financial Issues.
Mr. Siegel has lectured extensively throughout the United States on tax, business and estate planning topics on behalf of numerous organizations, including National Law Foundation, AICPA, CCH, National Tax Institute, National Society of Accountants, and many others. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall and Rutgers University law schools.
The Siegel Group provides consulting services to accountants, attorneys, financial planners and life insurance professionals to assist them with the tax, estate and business planning and compliance issues confronting their clients. Based in Morristown, New Jersey, the Group has provided services throughout the United States. The Siegel Group does not sell any products. It is an entirely fee-based organization.
Contact the Siegel Group through its president, Steven G. Siegel, e-mail: [email protected].