Agreements among Counsel. Attorney will never enter into any binding agreements or consent orders concerning spousal/child support, payment of money to the other spouse, property, parenting time, fees or other substantive issues without client’s express consent beforehand. Client understands that answer dates, discovery response dates, and deadlines are routinely extended or rearranged through agreement of counsel. Client waives any objection to such extensions and agreements among counsel. In custody case, Client explicitly and irrevocably authorizes attorney to consent to lifting the guardian ad litem’s fee cap, so long as the percentage allocation of the guardian ad litem’s fees are unchanged (this is because requests for a GAL to lift their fee cap are essentially never denied by the Court, and any client who objects to this is essentially refusing to follow critical legal advice). Attorney is authorized to consent to extend any of these deadlines, including applicable 365 day deadlines. Attorney is also authorized to schedule mediation dates, and other hearing dates at his discretion. While client will be given ample notice of all dates and deadlines, client expressly authorizes attorney to consent to all scheduling and deadline related issues, and other completely routine matters, such as the entry of standard GAL orders, without obtaining prior client consent beforehand. Client has the right to revoke this authorization, by notifying attorney in writing. However, such revocation shall constitute grounds for attorney to withdraw from the case, at the discretion of attorney. Client should understand that this is almost never an issue in any of attorney’s cases, but that this language is included in order to comply with all rules of professional responsibility.
