Defaults in Matters Involving Attorney Fee Arbitration
If a civil case was filed involving an attorney’s fee (e.g., for collection of an unpaid fee) and the matter was referred to fee arbitration, default in the matter can be entered on application pursuant to R. 1:20A-3(e). This rule provides that if an action for
collection of the fee was pending in Superior Court when the client’s written request for fee arbitration was filed, the amount of the fee or refund as so determined may be entered as a judgment in the action unless the full balance is paid within 30 days of receipt of the arbitration determination. If no such action was filed previously in Superior Court, the attorney or client must proceed by summary action pursuant to R. 4:67.
More information can be obtained from “ A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO NEW JERSEY’S CIVIL COURT PROCEDURES”
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/PractitionersGuideManualAppendicesMay2007WebPostingVersion.pdf KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC
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