Nixon Peabody offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Nixon Peabody Hits Personal Injury Firm With Contingency Fee Suit, Alleges Firm 'Improperly' Took Its Clients
Nixon Peabody and co-counsel Rilee & Associates are suing New Hampshire law firm Shaheen & Gordon over contingency fees stemming from a series of lawsuits against a juvenile detention facility.
October 07, 2024 at 05:24 PM
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Fee Disputes
What You Need to Know
- Nixon Peabody and New Hampshire injury firm Rilee & Associates sued another personal injury firm, Shaheen & Gordon, claiming a lien on contingency fee recoveries after Shaheen & Gordon took the firms' clients.
- The firms' former clients had agreed to a 40% contingency fee for the law firms plus associated costs.
- Nixon Peabody and Rilee & Associates worked with state legislators to create a settlement fund now worth $160 million.
After spending thousands of hours representing survivors of abuse by a New Hampshire juvenile detention facility, including setting up a settlement fund with state legislators, Nixon Peabody and co-counsel Rilee & Associates allege a personal injury firm improperly took their clients without cutting the firms in on contingency fees generated by the settlements.
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