State Bar of Wisconsin

Resolution of Fee Disputes Committee

The Resolution of Fee Disputes Committee oversees the State Bar of Wisconsin's Fee Arbitration Program. The State Bar of Wisconsin developed the program as an informal and economic alternative to litigation for lawyers and clients who are unable to agree upon a fee charged for legal services. To request fee arbitration services, complete the fee arbitration application.

For more information about this program, refer to the links below or contact the Fee Arbitration administrator, State Bar of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 7158, Madison, WI 53707 (608-257-3838) or email kwenzel@wisbar.org.

• About the Fee Arbitration Program 330 KB
• Request and Response Form for Arbirtation of Fee Dispute 80 KB
  • Request and Response Form 150 KB
• Procedural Overview for Fee Arbitration 24 KB
• Fee Arbitration Rules
• Member Expense Reimbursement form 35 KB
  
• Committee Roster

Mandatory or voluntary? Wisconsin Supreme Court considers mandatory fee arbitration for lawyer-client disputes

At its March 13, 2001 hearing, the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted unanimously to deny a petition submitted by Gerald C. Sternberg to create a mandatory fee arbitration system in Wisconsin and to authorize a comprehensive study of the issue.

• Court denies petition, calls for study of mandatory fee arbitration
• Supreme Court Order 00-15, Petition to Create a Mandatory Fee Arbitration System
• Resolution of Fee Disputes Committee response to petition
• "The Case for Mandatory Fee Arbitration in Wisconsin" by Gerald C. Sternberg
• "The Case for Voluntary Fee Arbitration" by Donald Victor Kozlovsky