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  Initial Consultation Adoption Bankruptcy Criminal Law Custody Dissolution Divorce Modification of Custody and Child Support Name Change Paternity Will Will & Trust Worker's Compensation

What is a retainer?

• Initial Consultation

  • first half hour free

• Adoption

  • $135/hour - usually approximately $1,000 for a stepparent 

  • (It takes anywhere from 1 1/2 months for a stepparent to 4 months for a non-family member)

• Bankruptcy (Flat Fees) - due up front before filing

  • Chapter 7 - $900 ($200 filing fee, plus $700 for our services)

  • Chapter 13 - $1,485 ($185 filing fee, plus $1,300 for our services)

• Criminal Law 

  • Flat fee of $ 1,500 if the case can be dismissed or settled without a trial. 

  • If it goes to trial an additional flat fee of  $2,500 must be paid prior to the trial.

• Custody  

  • $1,500 Retainer 

  • $135/hour 

  • A minimum balance of $500 kept in trust is required.

• Dissolution

  • $135/hour 

• Divorce  

  • $1,500 Retainer 

  • $135/hour 

  • A minimum balance of $500 kept in trust is required.

• Modification of Custody and Child Support

  • $1,500 Retainer 

  • $135/hour 

  • A minimum balance of $500 kept in trust is required.

• Name Change 

  • $750 Retainer 

  • $135/hour 

  • A minimum balance of $300 in trust is required.

• Paternity

  • $1,500 Retainer 

  • $135/hour 

  • A minimum balance of $500 kept in trust is required.

• Will  

  • $135/hour - usually approximately $500

• Will & Trust  

  • $135/hour - usually approximately $600

• Worker's Compensation  

  • $300 Retainer

What is a retainer?

A retainer is an amount paid to an attorney to ensure that he will be paid for his services at the end of the month.  

JOHNSON & KIM, PC places the retainer in a trust account.  At the end of each month, money is removed from the trust account to pay for that month's services.  Each month, you will receive a detailed trust statement showing your present balance and any deposits or withdrawals that have been made that month.

Except in Flat Fee situations, such as bankruptcy and criminal cases, our retainers are refundable.  Thus, if there is money left in the trust account at the end of the case, it will be refunded to you.  If the money in trust is used up before the case  ends, you are required to replenish the trust account by keeping a minimum balance of $500 in trust.  

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