Referral-fee and fee-splitting rules for lawyers, by state

Version 1.2.0. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23934167

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Probative. (2026). Referral-fee and fee-splitting rules for lawyers, by state (Version 1.2.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23934167

Not legal advice. This is a plain-English summary of each state's rules of professional conduct, kept for marketing planning, and rules change. Check the rule text, your state bar's ethics opinions and your own counsel before you agree a fee split or pay for a referral.
Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.

Human page: https://probativegrowth.com/resources/attorney-referral-fee-rules-by-state/

Columns:
  id: Stable record id (never reused)
  jurisdiction: Two-letter state code, DC, US (federal), ABA, or PLATFORM:<name>
  jurisdictionName: Jurisdiction name
  status: P primary source, S secondary source
  feeRule: 
  feeStatus: 
  basis: 
  consent: 
  shareDisclosed: 
  cap: 
  text: The record in one plain-English sentence
  consentText: 
  feeConditions: 
  payRule: 
  payStatus: 
  reciprocalReferrals: 
  nominalGifts: 
  referralServices: 
  payDifferences: 
  lastChecked: The day it was last confirmed (YYYY-MM-DD)
  detail: A short sourced detail on the record
  sourceLabels: Sources, separated by " | "
  sourceUrls: Source URLs, in the same order
  confidence: high, medium or low: computed from status, a second check, age against the refresh cadence and sampling error (rule: /data/#confidence)
  confidenceBasis: The reasons for the confidence level, in a short phrase