A New Jersey lawyer claims in a suit that class action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro shortchanged him on fees from a $60 million settlement of class action suits on behalf of college athletes over the use of their names and likenesses in video games.
Timothy McIlwain of Linwood claims Hagens Berman breached a contract between plaintiffs lawyers concerning sharing of fees in his suit against the firm and three principals, which was filed Thursday in federal court in the District of New Jersey. In addition to the firm, the suit names managing partner Steven Berman and partners Leonard Aragon and Robert Carey as defendants. Aragon said he had not had a chance to review the lawsuit, but said any claim contradicting a Northern District of California judge who awarded fees would be “frivolous.”
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