The Florida Bar v. Doe

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• disapproving of a termination clause that required the client to pay the greater of $350 per hour or 40 percent of the greatest gross amount offered in settlement because the effect of the clause was to penalize the client for exercising the right to fire the attorney
• disapproving of a termination clause that required the client to pay the greater of $350 per hour or 40 percent of the greatest gross amount offered in settlement because the effect of the clause was to penalize the client for exercising the right to fire the attorney
• “An attorney cannot exact a penalty for a right of discharge.”
• “An attorney cannot exact a penalty for a right of discharge.”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Myers v. Siegel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-24· cited 19×
• Chiles v. State Employees Attorneys Guild
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-20· cited 18×
• The Florida Bar v. Hollander
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-11-05· cited 15×
• Walton v. Hoover, Bax & Slovacek, L.L.P.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2004-10-14· cited 9×
• Chiles v. State Employees Attorneys Guild
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-06-03· cited 6×
• Brickell Place Condo Ass'n v. Joseph H. Ganguzza & Associates, P.A.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-31· cited 5×
• The Florida Bar v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-27· cited 1×
• Taylor v. SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARN-HART
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-03-01
• John B. Walton, Jr./ Hoover, Bax & Slovacek, L.L.P. v. Hoover, Bax & Slovacek, L.L.P./ John B. Walton, Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2004-10-14
• Michael S. Olin v. Execuflight, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-22
• Andrea Virgin v. Ana M. Frexes
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-22

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Rosenberg v. Levin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-01-07· cited 133×

Other cases named The Florida Bar v. Doe

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• The Florida Bar v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-02-17· cited 9×
• The Florida Bar v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-15· cited 7×