I started working with a client before I learned that she was locked into an affinity group or moving company. Do I have to pay a transfer fee to the moving company? No no. If you do not have an agreement with the affinity group or the moving company, there is no legal obligation to pay the transfer fee. However, this can put your client in a difficult situation, because in most of these relationships, the employee loses her benefits if she does not follow the rules. If you insist on not paying a referral fee, the client must pay more to work with you because the benefits are lost. Many real estate agents have chosen a policy to ask potential clients in advance if they have agreements with other service providers to avoid surprises later on. You can give a cash gift worth $50 or less to an unauthorized person in exchange for a recommendation and not violate the rules of the Real Estate Licensing Act (TRELA) or the Texas Real Estate Commission. According to TRELA, the person who makes the removal must be dismissed under the law if a transfer is made expecting to receive valuable considerations. Under Section 535.20 of the TREC rules, gifts worth $50 or less are not considered a valuable consideration. In our practice, which deals with personal injury and illegitimate deaths on a contingency fee basis, we find that transfers based on shared responsibility are the most frequent and closest to the traditional rules of transfer fees that our referral lawyers have enjoyed over the years. 2. Transfer fees are allowed, but the referring lawyer must make a reasonable amount of work. FALSE-if the referring lawyer assumes joint responsibility (as indicated in all engagement contracts of my firm), the referring lawyer is not required to do any of the work of the case in order to obtain all of his transfer fees.3.

Transfer fees are not allowed in family law cases. FALSE-there is no rule or case that says so. There is a misunderstanding among lawyers about the current state of „recommendation fees“ among lawyers in Texas. Contrary to popular belief, transfer fees are still allowed and changes made in March 2005 to the Texas Disciplinary of Professional Conduct rules (see rule 1.04(f) below) have not been particularly painful. Since opening my office in 2001, the main factor in extending my firm has been the dismissal of other lawyers. My network of transfer lawyers continues to grow very quickly because lawyers know that I always pay a transfer fee and I always pay them promptly. In addition, I would like to regularly inform my reference sources of the status of the case. Rule 1.04 (f) Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.A distribution or agreement regarding the distribution of a royalty between lawyers who are not part of the same firm can only be made if: h) paragraph f) this rule does not apply to payments made to a former partner or associated company under a separation or retirement contract , or a State of Texas Bar Certified Lawyer Referral program pursuant to the Texas Lawyer Referral Service Tex Act. Occ.

Code 952.001 and following, or any change or re-acquisition of this. Comment: A licensed real estate agent in Oklahoma wants me to pay him a referral fee because I sent a seller who is selling his property in Texas.