Part 137 Fee Dispute Rules & Forms

You may request a fee arbitration by e-mail. Send your request to FeeDisputeAdmin@nycla.org

Complete the Client Request for Fee Arbitration form; (if client-filed) or Attorney Request for Fee Dispute form  (if attorney-filed).

Here are the steps: 

• Include all evidence that supports your claim, such as cancelled checks, receipts, letters, and other papers regarding the dispute.

• Scan your evidence and email that along with a clear copy of your submission to FeeDisputeAdmin@nycla.org. The subject line of your e-mail should read as follows: “New Fee Dispute Request: [Your name] vs. [Opposing Party’s Name]”

Mail the appropriate filing fee (see Local Program Rules) in the form of a check or money order payable to:

New York County Lawyers Association
111 Broadway
10th Floor
New York, New York 10006
ATTN:  Fee Dispute
**Please make sure to omit or redact all confidential personal information (“CPI”) in papers submitted to us. For these purposes, CPI means: the taxpayer identification number of an individual or an entity, including a social; security number, an employer identification number, and an individual taxpayer; identification number, except the last four digits thereof; the date of an individual’s birth, except the year thereof; the full name of an individual known to be a minor, except the minor’s initials; and a financial account number, including a credit and/or debit card number, a bank account number, an investment account number, and/or an insurance account number, except the last four digits or letters thereof.

In addition, please do not transmit other personal information such as medical records or other medical information for you or for any other individual.

Make sure that your payment notes the following in the MEMO line:

New Fee Dispute Request: [Your name] vs. [Opposing Party’s Name]
Part 137 Fee Dispute Resolution Program Filing Fee

• Please make sure that you include the following information with your  payment:
  

  • Your name

  • Name of opposing party

  • Case Number if known

  • Your phone number

  • Your email address

Completing this online form ensures we can match this information with what you send along with your dispute filing.

Fee Dispute submissions will not be processed without receipt of the requisite filing fee.  Filing fees submitted without the appropriate identifying details will cause a delay in processing your fee dispute.

Rules & Forms:

• Local Program Rules

• Client Request for Fee Dispute Form

• Attorney Request for Fee Dispute Form 

• Standard Written Instructions and Procedures to Clients for the Resolution of Fee Disputes Pursuant to Part 137 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator 

• Notice of Client’s Right to Arbitrate a Dispute Over Attorney’s Fees 

• Part 137 Notice of Client’s Right to Arbitrate a Dispute Over a Refund of Attorney’s Fees

To learn more about the Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program, visit the website for the Office of Court Administration. Questions? Please email FeeDisputeAdmin@nycla.org and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.