Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program

Overview

Fee Dispute Programs are administered on a region-by-region basis. These programs are run by bar associations or by the court system's regional Administrative Judges. All local programs have been carefully reviewed to ensure that they will resolve fee disputes in a fair, impartial, and efficient manner. Local programs charge about the same or less than it costs to file a case in court.

To find out which local program should handle your fee dispute, identify the county in which the majority of the legal services in the case were performed from the list below. This is usually (but not always) the county where the lawyer's office is located.

1st Judicial District

12th Judicial District

Joint Committee on Fee Disputes and Conciliation

New York County Lawyers Association
111 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006

212-267-6646

[email protected]

A collaboration of NYCLA, ABCNY and BCBA, covering fee disputes in NY and Bronx counties.

The New York County Lawyers’ Association’s Fee Dispute Rules, Procedures, and Forms

Kings (Brooklyn) County

Louise Feldman
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-624-0675

The Brooklyn Bar Association’s Fee Dispute Rules, Procedures, and Forms

3rd Judicial District

District Administrative Judge’s Office
Third Judicial District
2500 Pond View, Suite 210
Castleton-On-Hudson, NY 12033
(518) 285-8300

Third Judicial District Local Program Rules and Procedures

Files

3rd JD dispute fee (PDF)

3rd JD Dispute Refund (PDF)

4th Judicial District

District Administrative Judge’s Office
Fourth Judicial District
101 State Farm Place, Suite 100
Malta, NY 12020
(518) 285-5099

Fourth Judicial District Local Program Rules and Procedures

Files

4th jd fees dispute (PDF)

4th JD dispute refund (PDF)

5th Judicial District

Onondaga County Bar Association
(local program provider for all counties in the 5th Judicial District)

Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program
Onondaga County Bar Association
CNY Philanthropy Center
431 E. Fayette St., Suite 300
Syracuse, New York 13202
Telephone Inquiries: 315-471-2667

Onondaga County Bar Association Rules and Procedures

Files

5th jd dispute fee (PDF)

5th JD dispute refund (PDF)

6th Judicial District

Sixth Judicial District
Office of the Administrative Judge
31 Lewis St., 5th Floor
Binghamton, New York 13901
(607) 240-5350
[email protected]

Sixth Judicial District Local Program Rules and Procedures

Files

6th jd dispute fee (PDF)

6th jd dispute refund (PDF)

7th Judicial District

Monroe County Bar Association
(local program provider for all counties in the 7th Judicial District)

Monroe County Bar Association
One West Main Street, 10th Floor
Rochester, NY 14614

585-546-1817

Monroe County Bar Association Rules and Procedures

Files

7th jd fee dispute (PDF)

7th jd dispute refund (PDF)

8th Judicial District

The Bar Association of Erie County
(local program provider for all counties in the 8th Judicial District)

The Bar Association of Erie County
438 Main Street
6th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-852-8687

The Bar Association of Erie County’s Fee Dispute Rules, Procedures, and Forms

9th Judicial District

Hon. Anne E. Minihan
Administrative Judge
Ninth Judicial District
111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 824-5100
[email protected]

Ninth Judicial District Local Program Rules and Procedures

Files

9th jd dispute fees (PDF)

9th jd dispute refund (PDF)

10th JD Nassau

Office of the Administrative Judge
Alternative Dispute Resolution Office
Supreme Court, Room 186
100 Supreme Court Drive
Mineola, NY 11501
(516) 493-3321
[email protected] [For correspondence only. Filings not accepted via email.]

Tenth Judicial District Local Program Rules & Procedures

Files

Packet for Dispute over Fees (PDF)

Packet for Dispute over Refund (PDF)

Packet for Attorney Request for Fee Arbitration (PDF)

Arbitration Hearing Forms (PDF)

10th JD Suffolk

Suffolk County Bar Association
560 Wheeler Road
Hauppauge, NY 11788-4357
631-234-5511
[email protected]

Suffolk County Bar Association Rules & Procedures

Files

10th jd suffolk dispute fee (PDF)

10 th jd suffolk dispute refund (PDF)

Queens County

ADR Coordinator / Part 137 Program Administrator
Linda A. Dardis
Alternative Dispute Resolution Office
Eleventh Judicial District, Queens Supreme Court, Civil Term
88-11 Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11435

[email protected]
(718) 298-1031

11th Judicial District Local Program Rules & Procedures

Files

11th jd fee dispute (PDF)

11th jd dispute refund (PDF)

Richmond (Staten Island) County

Richmond County Bar Association
25 Hyatt Street, Suite 203
Staten Island, NY 10301
Tel: 718-442-4500
Fax: 718-442-2019

Richmond County Bar Association Fee Dispute Resolution Rules

Files

13th jd dispute fee (PDF)

13th jd dispute refund (PDF)