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III.

EXPENSES

The Client hereby authorizes Firm to incur expenses in the legal representation of

the Client and the Client hereby agrees to pay in advance (if requested) the expenses

incurred by the Firm on behalf of the Client as the expenses are incurred by Firm.

The Client is obligated to pay all expenses which the Firm incurs on the Client’s

behalf, such as court costs, filing fees, deposition charges, expert witness fees, witness

expenses, long distance telephone expenses, court reporter fees and transcriptions, non-

local travel (including but not limited to room, board and incidental travel expenses),

parking, photocopies at the rate of $0.10 per page, and incoming facsimiles at the rate of

$0.10 per page. The Firm will keep contemporaneous records of all disbursements made

in the case and will provide the Client with an accounting on a monthly basis.

IV.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OF FINANCE CHARGES

INVOICES FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES

The Firm bills on a monthly basis, or at otherwise appropriate intervals, and will

provide the Client with a statement setting forth, in reasonable detail, all advances for the

above mentioned expenses, and a reasonable description of services rendered by the Firm

on the Client’s behalf.

The Firm requests payment upon receipt of the invoice.

Accounts become past due on the thirtieth day following the date they were billed,

and will accrue interest thereafter on unpaid balances at the rate of eighteen percent

(18%) per annum, or the highest rate allowed by law, whichever is greater.

The usual practice of the Firm is to send to the Client for direct payment by the

Client invoices received by the Firm from third parties such as court reporters, expert

witnesses, and reproduction services. The Client will be expected to pay such invoices

promptly upon receipt.

If in the course of the Firm’s representation of the Client, the Firm anticipates a

significant increase in the level of its activity on the Client’s behalf (e.g., the

commencement of trial preparation or trial), the Firm may bill the Client on a basis more

frequent than monthly. The Firm will expect that such statements will also be paid

promptly. The Firm has requested a security deposit retainer of $___________ for

anticipated fees. This amount shall remain in the Firm’s trust account as a security

deposit during the pendency of the representation and shall be used to insure the

payment of fees. The Firm shall apply the Retainer against the fees and expenses

arising during the final month of its representation against any invoice that is

outstanding for more than thirty (30) days. If no fees or expenses are owed at the

end of the assignment, the security deposit retainer shall be returned in full. It

should be noted that the current amount of this retainer is agreed upon only in connection

with the administrative dispute of this Matter, and therefore if this Matter should proceed

to civil litigation, an additional retainer will be necessary.

WITHDRAWAL FROM EMPLOYMENT

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