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| A lawyer may not enter into a fixed fee retainer arrangement in which a finance company pays the lawyer the fixed fee amount (minus a discount) at the beginning of the case, with the client being responsible for making monthly payments to the finance company for the full fee amount plus interest, because the discount retained by the finance company at the beginning of the case amounts to impermissible fee-sharing; any advanced fee must be kept in the lawyer's trust account until the lawyer has "performed the corresponding services." |