AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES BETWEEN RECONSTRUCTIONIST AND CLIENT- ATTORNEY
This Agreement is by and between
___________________________, referred to herein as "the
Reconstructionist" and the client-attorney. The client-attorney is defined
as being the attorney signing this agreement.
1.
INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
A. RECONSTRUCTIONIST-------------------------
$ ________ per hour
B. ASSISTANT
---------------------------------------- $ ________ per hour
(4-hour minimum charge for item 1A for each
case)
For investigation, review of data, analysis,
calculations, conclusions, reports, and other similar work, and travel time
thereto. If an attorney lists the Reconstructionist on a witness list, that
attorney is subject to the minimum fee shown in item 1 above, whether or not
the Reconstructionist for the case performs any other work.
2. EXPERT
TESTIMONY -------------------------------------------------- $ ________ per
hour
(4-hour
minimum charge for item 2, if testimony is requested)
For testimony and stand-by time for deposition,
trial, or other hearings, and travel time thereto. Time taken for breaks or
meals will also be charged. Preparation time will be billed under item 1 above.
The minimum fee will be charged when a notice of postponement or cancellation
is not received by the reconstructionist at least two (2) full working days in
advance of the Reconstructionist's scheduled departure from his office or his
home for that event. The client-attorney is responsible for payment of all fees
and expenses for a deposition when those fees and expenses for the deposition
have not been paid by the opposing attorney or by others within 30 days after
the deposition is given. All bills for services rendered prior to a deposition
or trial must be paid in full prior to testimony being offered by the
Reconstructionist.
3. COMPUTER
GENERATED GRAPHICS FOR EXHIBITS
STILL DRAWINGS
------------------------------------------ $ _________ per hour
ANIMATED SIMULATIONS ON VIDEO TAPE --------- $ _________ per hour
4. MILEAGE
------------------------------------------------------------ ________ cents per
mile
5. EXPENSES
The client-attorney shall reimburse the
Reconstructionist for all expenses, for example, costs for phone calls, sending
faxes, photography, reproduction of documents, preparation of exhibits, and
other reasonable expenditures. For out of town trips, the costs for meals,
lodging, transportation, phone calls, and the client-attorney will also pay
other similar expenses.
6. TERMS OF
ENGAGEMENT
The client-attorney is responsible for payment of
the Reconstructionist's services regardless of arrangements the client-attorney
makes with his own client or with others. Billing for services will be on
quarter hour increments. Services and expenses will be billed monthly or at
other intervals deemed appropriate by the Reconstructionist. Payment is due upon receipt of a
statement. An unpaid account is delinquent after 30 days from the date
of the initial billing and is charged interest at the rate of two (2) percent
per month compounded monthly of the unpaid balance from the date of the initial
billing. The Reconstructionist has the right to resign from performing further
services for the client-attorney on any and all cases that the
Reconstructionist is working on for the client-attorney's firm, due to a breach
of contract as a result of non-payment of fees and expenses. Any and all costs
of collections are chargeable to the client-attorney. It is agreed that, should
litigation become necessary between the reconstructionist and the
client-attorney on any matter, the laws of the State of ____________________
shall govern and the Court of jurisdiction shall be the District Court of
______________________ County, ____________________. The client-attorney agrees
that he/she has examined the credentials of the Reconstructionist and has
determined that he is qualified to perform the services requested.
7. BASIS OF
ENGAGING THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST AS AN EXPERT
The reconstructionist will provide services for the
client-attorney as an independent professional for which payment to the
reconstructionist is not dependent upon the findings which the
reconstructionist renders, nor on the results of any legal action, mediation,
arbitration, settlement, contractual or legal obligations of others.
I accept the terms of the Agreement for
Services as stated herein:
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Attorney's Name (referred to above as the
Client-Attorney)________________________________________
Attorney's
Signature_______________________________________ Date Signed _________________________
Style
of Case, if filed
__________________________________________________________________________
Attorney's
Client's Name
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