Our Legal Fees

As to the Amount of the Lawyer's Fee, generally:

awyer

should not charge or collect more than a reasonable fee

, see Comment 1 to

Disciplinary Rule 1.04

Non-Contingent Legal Fees:

A non-contingent fee is payable in dollars and cents and may be based on an hourly rate or a flat fee.

An hourly non-contingent fee is billed periodically and the amount is determined by multiplying the agreed hourly rate by the number
of hours reasonably expended in performing services for the client and adding the total amount of expenses advanced by the lawyer
for the client during the billing period.

For comparison, the State Bar of Texas Department of Research & Analysis 2009 HOURLY FACT SHEET (TO SEE IT CLICK ON THIS
LINE) states average hourly rates of licensed and practicing, full-time attorneys reporting to the State Bar for the calendar year 2009,
including detailed breakdowns of hourly rates by gender, ethnicity, age, law firm size, years of experience, area of practice, and region
of the State.

Staying within the Client's budget is of the utmost importance in setting the amounts of non-contingent fees for Clients able to pay
legal fees.

A flat non-contingent fee is determined and billed by agreement between Client and Lawyer.

Contingent Legal Fees:

LEGAL FEES:

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A Lawyer's Moral Obligation:

Although

Client must compensate a Lawyer for services and expenses,

ee the Restatement,

§17

(1),

the Lawyer

should be mindful of

deficiencies in the administration of justice and of the

fact

that

persons sometimes cannot

afford adequate legal assistance. A lawyer has a moral

obligation to

devote professional time

and civic influence on their behalf, regardless of

professional prominence or

workload. A

lawyer may discharge this obligation by providing

public interest legal services without a

fee,

or at a substantially reduced fee, see

Preamble to

proposed Disciplinary Rules, Par C.5

As to Client-Lawyer Fee Contracts, generally:

(1) Before or within a reasonable time after beginning to represent a client in a matter, a lawyer must communicate to the client, in

writing

when applicable rules so provide, the basis or rate of the fee, unless the communication is unnecessary for the client because

the lawyer

has previously represented that client on the same basis or at the same rate.

(2) The validity and construction of a contract between a client and a lawyer concerning the lawyer's fees are governed by § 18.

(3) Unless a contract construed in the circumstances indicates otherwise;

(a) a lawyer may not charge separately for the lawyer's general office and overhead expenses;

(b) payments that the law requires an opposing party or that party's lawyer to pay as attorney-fee awards or sanctions are credited

to the

client, not the client's lawyer, absent a contrary statute or court order; and

(c)

when a lawyer requests and receives a fee payment that is not for services already rendered,

that payment is to be credited

against

See the Restatement, §38

As to the Lawyer's Fee in the Absence of a Contract, generally:

If a client and lawyer have not made a valid contract

providing for another measure of compensation, a client

owes a lawyer who has

performed legal services for the

client the fair value of the lawyer's services,

See the Restatement, §39

Accordingly:

Mr. Aycock does not accept employment from new clients in the absence of a specific written employment agreement, signed by Mr.
Aycock and the Client, providing for reasonable legal fees, and

In setting the amounts of fees, Mr. Aycock is mindful of the fact that persons sometimes cannot afford adequate legal assistance
and, in appropriate circumstances, is willing to provide, and periodically throughout his career has provided, legal services without a
fee, or at a substantially reduced fee.