What are the ethical responsibilities owed to you by your attorney?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER: Your attorney owes you a fair statement of the case or situation, adequate time to review evidence and prepare your report, and a reasonable opportunity to examine data, conduct testing, and investigate the matter before rendering an opinion. If the attorney wants you to render an opinion quickly and without adequate opportunity to review, be cautious. He might be trying to get you to commit based on inadequate information, or he’s trying to rush you because he hasn’t kept track of critical dates and is under pressure to meet a deadline. The attorney might also hold you under subpoena for an excessive amount of time waiting to testify. This might reflect difficulties in anticipating the amount of time required for other witnesses’ testimony; however, you should be paid for the waiting time per the fee agreement. Making any portion of your fee dependent on a favorable report is inappropriate and should be a breach of the fee agreement. You are owed fair compensation for your time and work under the terms of the fee agreement.