Leving’s firm promotes itself as 'The Premier Chicago Family Law Firm' and focuses on representing fathers in divorce and child custody matters.
lawyer known for his advocacy for fathers in custody cases has been accused of billing clients for thousands of dollars in fees that didn’t match the value of the work his firm performed.
Leving hasn’t filed his formal response to the complaint, but his firm provided a statement Wednesday saying he took the allegations seriously and disputes violating the code of conduct."Mr. Leving’s firm has provided legal counsel for many thousands of clients over the decades and has reunited countless children with their fathers. He takes pride in these accomplishments," a spokeswoman for the firm said in an email.
Clients said they were at times billed for legal services by several attorneys at the firm and for the services of a private investigator, for which they were not consulted. Those services quickly used up the clients’ retainers and led to them accruing additional fees, the complaint states. If a mentee attorney went to court, they were required by the firm to be accompanied by a mentor attorney, regardless of the nature of the appearance, the filing claims. At Leving’s direction, "each attorney charged the client for at least one hour of time for the court appearance regardless of its actual length."
As a result, the client was told he owed thousands of dollars in additional fees, despite the firm never filing a motion to have his child support payments adjusted, the complaint states.
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