86-1.

• Case Date: January 10, 1986
• Court: Alaska

Alaska Ethics Opinion 1986. 86-1. Ethics Opinion No. 86-1Propriety of Law Firm Charging Client for Intra-Office Conference.The Alaska Bar Association, and the Ethics Committee, have received various inquiries regarding the decision of the fee arbitration panel in file No. FA-83-58, which was reported in Volume 9, No. 3, The Alaska Bar Rag, at page 3 (November, 1985). The summary of this decision stated that clients should not be charged for both attorneys' time in intra-office discussions. The decision of the fee arbitration panel in File No. FA-83-58 was made based on the facts and circumstances of that particular case. There is no per se rule regarding billing practices that clients should not be charged for both attorneys' time in intra-office...