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SEVERSON & WERSON v. BOLINGER

Docket No. A048793.

235 Cal.App.3d 1569 (1991)

1 Cal. Rptr.2d 531

SEVERSON & WERSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KENNETH W. BOLINGER et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

November 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

White, Courts & Mitchell and Kathleen Courts for Defendants and Appellants.

Richard M. Bryan, Severson & Werson and Jan T. Chilton for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that when a law firm quotes specific hourly rates for the services of named attorneys to a prospective client who then agrees in writing to pay the firm's "regular hourly rates," the law firm cannot raise the rates charged by the named attorneys without first notifying the client.

Kenneth W. and Myra Sue Bolinger appeal from a judgment...

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