NEWS RELEASE For immediate release August 1, 2022 TOPEKA, Kan. — Joseph, Hollander & Craft (JHC) is proud to welcome attorney Shawna Miller to its Topeka family law group. Miller joins veteran family lawyers Ardith Smith-Woertz and M. Kristine Lawless to expand the Topeka office’s ability to serve family law clients in Shawnee County, Jackson […]
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release July 19, 2022 WICHITA, Kansas — On Monday, June 13, attorney Taryn Folston joined the Wichita family law group of Joseph, Hollander & Craft. With the addition of Folston, JHC’s Wichita office now has five family law attorneys serving clients in Sedgwick County, Butler County, and the surrounding areas. Folston […]
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release July 19, 2022 OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — On July 1, 2022, Joseph, Hollander & Craft, LLC was pleased to welcome Kansas City family law attorney Rachel Whitsitt to its Overland Park office. Her addition to the firm has doubled the size of JHC’s Greater Kansas City family law group, which […]
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: Lawyer Fee Basics: Reasonableness NEW AUTHORITY: Useful References on Legal Fees ETHICS & MALPRACTICE RESEARCH TIP: New Articles Drawn from The Current Index of Legal Periodicals BLAST FROM THE PAST: A Comparison of Kansas and Missouri Attorney Ethics Statutes from 1820–1855 EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC […]
June 2022 LEMR Article This article is featured in Volume 3, Number 6 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. This month’s LEMR “authority” feature provides a select list of useful references to accompany the lead article’s focus on legal fees. Books: M. Hoeflich, C. Steadham, S. Valdez, “Ethical Concerns Regarding Fees and Billing,” in […]
June 2022 LEMR Feature Article This article is featured in Volume 3, Number 6 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. U.S. State codes of professional responsibility based on the Model Rules generally have a fundamental requirement that a lawyers’ fees be reasonable. In Kansas, KRPC 1.5(a) states: (a) A lawyer’s fee shall be reasonable. The […]