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.

The complaint against New Hampshire law firm Shaheen & Gordon hit the Hillsborough Superior Court docket last week after 35 clients switched over to the firm between February 2023 and June.