Bill: Draft Pay the Attorney Act

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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

PAY DEFENDING ATTORNEY'S LEGAL FEES




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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Pay the Attorney Act’

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative _GreyMC.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator unalign.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Redmont Civil Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) Attorneys do not get paid in legal fees as the Defense if they prevail in a case. The legal fees instead go to the Defendant. This act works to fix that by making sure the attorneys get paid.

(2) The goal of the Defendant in the case is not compensation or money making, it is to get the charges dismissed so they don't have to pay. Therefore, the attorney should be paid for their work in that with the legal fees.

(3) I will admit my bias. I am a practicing lawyer in Redmont; however, I have never been directly denied legal fees. However, I have seen fellow colleagues be denied it while the attorney or firm gets nothing, or the little they were paid by the Defendant before the case, for all the work they did.

(4) This will also encourage more pro-bono work. If the attorneys are automatically paid the legal fees, it can encourage them to take more cases pro bono that they believe they can win as they will end up getting payment for it.


PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. Redmont Civil Code Act

(1) Part III §7(2)(f)(i) of the Redmont Civil Code Act shall be amended as follows:

(i) Legal fees shall automatically be awarded to the defendant Defense's counsel on acquittal of charges.

(2) The following shall be enumerated as Part III §7(2)(e)(i) of the Redmont Civil Code Act:

(i) Legal fees shall automatically be awarded to the Defense's counsel on dismissal of charges.

(3) Part III §7(3)(b) of the Redmont Civil Code Act shall be amended as follows:

(b) The prevailing party on each claim is entitled to legal fees for that claim.For each claim, the prevailing party's counsel is entitled to legal fees for that claim.