Liberty O’neill & Bibbens Attorneys

All of my interactions from a professional standpoint were great. BUT
Be careful with the billing. I would never recommend this practice because of it
I made a verbal agreement with the lawyer that she would do my case for a flat fee. The contract I signed called for payment of a retainer, an hourly fee rate and that I was responsible for the filing expenses etc. It also required a refund of the portion of the retainer that was not used.
Since I made a verbal agreement (even though it wasn’t what was in the contract), I expected my fee to be my fee.
When the case closed, I got an invoice stating that the hourly billing totaled about ²⁄₃ of the retainer, and by the way I needed to pay $ 200 filing fees. I told them I thought the case would be done for a flat fee, and that no mention of the extra fees was made when we talked about it. The office reply was that since it was in the contract I needed to pay it. So since we were referring to the contract, I asked for my unused portion of the retainer back ($ 600) or that I would call it even if they would honor the verbal agreement,
Six months after the case closed, I got a new invoice equal to the total of my retainer and a bill for $ 200. Looks to me like they have generated some charges not shown to me when the case was in progress, but showed up only when I asked for my money back.
I have filed a complaint with the Arizona Bar Association