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Cincinnati, Ohio

ATTORNEY AT LAW

Established in
1999

OFFICE LOCATION

6020 Cheviot Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45247

Saturday
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p,m.
(Appointment Only)

Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

OFFICE HOURS

The firm provides its clients with quality legal service under a fee arrangement which is best suited to each client’s type of legal matter. The more typical fee arrangements are described below.

Flat Fee Arrangement: The firm charges a flat fee for the preparation of many standard or regularly-requested legal documents. Examples of such documents include simple Wills, Powers of Attorneys, Living Wills, Residential Real Estate Contracts, Deeds, Residential Lease Agreements, Mortgages, Promissory Notes, and Affidavits for Mechanic’s Liens. If the flat fee is more than a specified threshhold amount, the firm will usually require the client to pay half in advance and the other half on completion of the matter.

Hourly work is billed in one-tenth of an hour increments, and detailed itemized Statements are always provided. Also, legal matters undertaken on an hourly fee basis are ordinarily billed monthly or, if the matter is short term, when it is completed. If the legal matter is one in which the client will likely incur substantial fees and expenses, the firm may require that the client provide periodic retainers (or advances) to cover the anticipated fees and expenses as they are incurred. The firm always refunds any excess retainers.

Hourly Fee Arrangement: The firm charges an hourly fee for legal work which will involve an uncertain amount  of time either because of the nature of the matter or necessary, time-consuming interaction with the client or others. Representing a client in the disposition of claims or disputes (which may require negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and/or litigation) are typically handled only on an hourly basis. Assisting a client with business, construction, and real estate transactions (which will frequently require negotiation, customized drafting, and/or revising of documents) may also be billed on an hourly basis.

Contingency Fee Arrangement: The firm charges a contingency fee when representing a client in asserting a personal injury or wrongful death claim. A contingency fee is a percentage of a settlement or judgment to which the firm is entitled only if it obtains a monetary recovery for the client. The firm charges a maximum contingency fee of  one-third of the amount recovered.

Value Fee Arrangement: The firm and the client may agree to a fee arrangement whereunder the firm is paid for the “value” of the legal service which it provides (as opposed to its regular flat, hourly, or contingency fee) in instances in which the firm must apply special knowledge or skill, commit substantial amounts of time to the exclusion of other legal work, obtains an extraordinary result for the client, and/or undertakes substantial risk in handling the client’s matter.

Written Fee Contract: The firm always discusses its proposed fee arrangement with a prospective client before asking him/her/it whether he/she/it wishes to have the firm undertake his/her/its legal matter. Furthermore, once the fee arrangement has been agreed upon, the firm prepares in duplicate a written contract containing the terms and condition of that fee arrangement. The firm and client sign the duplicates and each party keeps one fully-executed document.

Given the quality of the firm's legal services and the reasonableness of its fees, the firm believes that it provides its clients with greater value than many other law firms can offer.