Fee Dispute
Fee Dispute Committee
PLEASE NOTE: The fee dispute committee is currently searching for a lawyer to serve as its chair. Without a chair, the committee is currently not functioning. So, please kindly do NOT mail any complaints at this time as there is no one to process them.
The Fee Dispute Committee is a voluntary mediation panel that hears disputes between clients and lawyer members of the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association regarding allegations that the lawyer over charged the client for work performed by the lawyer for that client. The fee dispute process is non-binding and is not a legally enforceable judgment. To receive an enforceable legal judgment, a client must take legal action in a court of law. Again, the Fee Dispute Committee can only give a recommendation to the lawyer and the client involved in the fee dispute. It is not a court of law.
PLEASE DISREGARD BELOW UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE:
Fee Dispute Complaint
If you have a fee dispute complaint, you should write to the following:
Fee Dispute Committee
c/o Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association
Room 23
Luzerne County Courthouse
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Your letter should set forth the details of the fee dispute, the amount of money that you were billed, and the reason that you believe the amount to be excessive. Your letter should contain both an address and telephone number. All complaints are deemed to be confidential by the Bar Association.