Professor Deborah Rhode is one of the legal ethics scholars who signed a letter to the ABA Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility requesting ethical guidance when it comes to contingency fees:

Last week, 20 legal ethics scholars, including Deborah Rhode of Stanford and Thomas Morgan of George Washington University, sent a letter to the ABA committee requesting just such a declaration. Only a strong statement that these practices violate ethical rules can hold back the ultimate triumph of avarice over ethics.