Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1996-030 written by Carla J. Stovall and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kansas Supreme Court has the inherent power to prescribe conditions for admission to the bar and to regulate and control the practice of law. While there are statutes that relate to the practice of law, such statutes are effective only when in accord with the inherent power of the judiciary. Both K.S.A. 44-536(a) and rule 1.5(d) of the Kansas model rules of professional conduct adopted by Supreme Court rule 226 deal with how attorney fees in contingent fee cases are calculated. Because both the court's rule and the statute are intended to achieve the same goal, the legislation does not have a deleterious impact on the court's function. For this reason, K.S.A. 44-536(a) does not amount to a usurpation of power in contravention of the separation of powers doctrine and therefore is a statutory enactment which the court would sanction as in accord with the court's inherent power to regulate and control the practice of law. Cited Herein: K.S.A. 7-103; 7-104; 7-106; 7-108; 7-109; 7-111; K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 7-121b; K.S.A. 44-510c; 44-521; 44-531; 44-536.