A law firm is not entitled to the attorney fees billed after a workers’ compensation client discharged the firm and before a new fee agreement was approved, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The court denied Lavery Law’s attempt to get additional attorney fees from George Drivas’ workers’ compensation case, since Drivas discharged Lavery when his attorney, Michael Faherty, left the firm. In an opinion Tuesday, the Commonwealth Court affirmed a ruling by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, granting Faherty Law Firm all of the attorney fees from after that firm was retained.
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