Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook, P.C. has the following policies regarding billing:

1. New clients meet with an attorney for an initial consultation which is paid for at the time of the visit. The fee is charged based upon your lawyer's hourly rate and the length of the meeting with a minimum of one hour charges.

2. Our attorneys bill at an hourly rate that is charged to the client in six-minute increments. Attorneys are assigned an hourly rate based on their experience.

3. Should you decide to retain our firm after meeting with an attorney, we will request a retainer to be deposited into our trust account. The retainer amount is based on the complexity and anticipated requirements of your case.

4. The retainer is held in trust by our office and is used to pay for any fees or cost incurred. Fees include any attorney, law clerk or legal assistant's time spent on your case. The most common costs incurred on a case are court filing fees, faxing, long distance telephone calls, copying, messenger services, postage, filing fees, subpoena fees and process server fees.

5. Your case may require that Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook, P.C. hire other professionals to assist in the evaluation and or trial of your case. This may include the services of an appraiser, accountant, parenting time evaluator or other experts. We will require that you provide the funds necessary to pay for the services of these professionals.

6. Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook, P.C. keep their clients apprised of the work done on their case and costs of such service by doing comprehensive bills monthly. Any billing questions or concerns should be directed to the billing department immediately upon receipt of your statement.

7. If you have questions regarding a specific charge, our billing department can best help you if you mark your statement and call and discuss the charge. Please send in the uncontested portion so as to avoid interest charges.

8. At the completion of your case any unused portions of your retainer are returned to you.

9. If the requested retainer has been depleted prior to completion of your case the attorney will request additional monies be deposited into the trust account. If additional work is done without a retainer, payment is due upon receipt of your bill.

10. If your bill is not paid in its entirety, the bill accrues at a rate of 19.6% per annum on all charges 30 days past due.

11. For your convenience Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook, P.C. now accepts VISA and MASTERCARD.

12. As part of our normal procedure, Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook, P.C. will invoke its statutory right to place an attorney lien on any money judgment or personal property awarded to you for any balance due our firm.