Again i just want people clear on how stupid PostmodernProphet is despite claiming he is a slumlord lawyer.
Lawyers forward payments on behalf of clients all the time as normal course and they bill Legal Fees for doing so. Many lawyer have Trust Accounts to manage this, as it is a big part of their practice.
Some examples are :
- buying real estate
- buying a company
- paying a legal settlement when you lose a lawsuit
- paying for non disclosure agreements
- paying off to silence allegations such as Stormy's that could harm your reputation
There are hundreds more i could list.
In NONE of those can the Lawyer and Client hide what the money actual paid to the 3rd was for by just calling it 'Legal Fees' and they must SEPARATE the charge for the legal work from the triggering event that caused the legal work to be done (real estate, settlement, hush money, etc).
PostModernProphet will reply 'But it was not real estate., it was not buying a company,' so calling it legal fees is ok and legal. He is wrong. Wrong and stupid. It does not matter which of ANY of the above the Lawyer and CLient misclassify as 'Legal Fees', the portion paid to the third party (Stormys hush payment money) MUST be booked by both the Lawyer and Trump properly and not as legal fees.
Inb4 PostmodernProphet astounds with more stupidity not understanding the above.