The Morelli Law Firm is not due an increased contingency fee award based on alleged “extraordinary circumstances” in representing a client in a medical malpractice lawsuit for 7½ years, a state appeals court has ruled.

The court said the Manhattan-based firm, led by famed civil litigator Benedict Morelli, was sufficiently compensated when it was paid $376,198.50 for 970 hours of legal services, in accordance with Judiciary Law §474-a(2), which sets out a schedule for contingent fees earned by lawyers in medical, dental or podiatric malpractice actions.

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