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How referral fees work in Arizona
Effective January 1, 2021 (Order R-20-0034), Arizona rewrote ER 1.5(e) and eliminated the ABA requirement that a division be proportional to services or that each lawyer assume joint responsibility. The current rule says two or more firms jointly working on a matter may divide a fee if they disclose to the client in writing how the fee and the responsibility for the matter will be divided, the client consents in a signed writing, the total fee is reasonable, and the division of responsibility is reasonable in light of the client's need for complete and diligent representation. Purely passive referral payments are addressed separately under ER 7.2(b), which still prohibits referral fees except as permitted by rule; the same reform also eliminated ER 5.4, allowing fee sharing with nonlawyers through licensed ABS entities.
Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 42, ER 1.5(e) · the full Arizona rule
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