Kansas Statutes Chapter 7. Attorneys at Law § 7-121b. Attorney fees in damage actions for acts or omissions of health care providers; approval; definitions

(1) The time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved and the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly.

(2) The likelihood, if apparent to the client, that the acceptance of the particular employment will preclude other employment by the attorney.

(3) The fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services.

(4) The amount involved and the results obtained.

(5) The time limitations imposed by the client or by the circumstances.

(6) The nature and length of the professional relationship with the client.

(7) The experience, reputation and ability of the attorney or attorneys performing the services.

(8) Whether the fee is fixed or contingent.

(1) “Health care provider” means a person licensed to practice any branch of the healing arts, a person who holds a temporary permit to practice any branch of the healing arts, a person engaged in a postgraduate training program approved by the state board of healing arts, a licensed medical care facility, a health maintenance organization, a licensed dentist, a licensed professional nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a licensed optometrist, a licensed podiatrist, a licensed pharmacist, a professional corporation organized pursuant to the professional corporation law of Kansas by persons who are authorized by such law to form such a corporation and who are health care providers as defined by this subsection, a licensed physical therapist or an officer, employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of such person's employment or agency; and

(2) “professional services” means those services which require licensure, registration or certification by agencies of the state for the performance thereof.