Sarah Sweeney

Sarah Sweeney

April 20, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fee Division Between Discharged Counsel and New Counsel in Contingent Fee Cases

When a client terminates, without cause, its legal representation in a contingent fee matter and subsequently retains new counsel from a different firm, the Rules of Professional Conduct related to the division and disbursement of fees impose certain requirements on the successor attorney.

By Sarah Sweeney and Thomas G. Wilkinson

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