by Stewart Sutton | Jul 10, 2012 | Firm News
In July 2012, Stewart A. Sutton settled a case in which a medical office overbilled one of its patients. The most outrageous charge was $1,350 for a back brace. The same back brace is sold for $288 by an online retailer of medical equipment. Medical providers may...
by Stewart Sutton | Jul 2, 2012 | General Info
Is there a reason to pay a Rockville, Maryland attorney $450 per hour or more? I can think of 3 reasons: (1) you want to help pay the attorney’s tuition for his or her child; (2) you want to help pay the mortgage on the attorney’s McMansion; or (3) you...
by Stewart Sutton | Jun 26, 2012 | Firm News
In June 2012, Stewart A. Sutton resolved a claim arising from a confessed judgment note obtained by an attorney against a client. Two days before a critical hearing, an attorney coerced a client into signing a confessed judgment note for the balance in fees that she...
by Stewart Sutton | Jun 1, 2012 | Firm News
Article in Bar Newsletter: The May 2012 issue of the Montgomery County Bar Association Newsletter contains Stewart A. Sutton’s article on the attorney’s use of an interpleader action to resolve a fee dispute with a client. Tree Hugger: In March 2012,...
