Kin Cheung Wong v. Michael Kennedy, P.C.

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• only when retainer paid solely for lawyer’s availability may it be called “general retainer” and made nonrefundable; when client contracts for specified services, agreement is “special retainer” and must be refundable
• nonrefundable retainer requiring client to pay $225,000 for specified services invalid

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