Reform Group "HALT" Rates D.C. Bar as Best in Resolving Fee Disputes

H.A.L.T.'s Breaking News section headlines this:  D.C. Leads Nation on Solving Lawyer-Client Fee Disputes.  The full story reports on all 50 states and D.C., including an informative U.S. map with color-coding for grades on bar arbitration.  The organization says all jurisdictions can and should improve the procedures and rules for resolving attorney-client fee disputes, and none receives higher than a grade of B.  Here is the D.C. bar report card.  Vermont gets an F, as do West Virginia and New Hampshire.  [Alan Childress]