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VCBA Mediations
Attorney/Client Fee Disputes
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The Ventura County Bar Association (VCBA) offers a Fee Arbitration Program which can help with disputes over fees for attorney services. The Fee Arbitration Program gives the opportunity to have a neutral arbitrator decide the appropriate amount of attorney’s fees for professional services. Fee disputes less than $5,000 are also eligible to participate on a voluntary basis in the optional Fee Mediation Program (Section IV). The Ventura County Bar Association provides this option through VCDS.
The Fee Mediation Program is available, where all parties agree to participation, to help the parties resolve their disputes. Matters not resolved by the Fee Mediation Program will return to the Fee Arbitration Program for resolution.
VCBA Rules of Procedure refers to the Fee Mediation Program in Article X, Section 45, Pages 22-25.
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