Contingency fees not yet realized at the time of a law firm partnership dissolution must still be shared among the former partners, a divided Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has ruled.
The court said in Huber v. Etkin that, under the Uniform Partnership Act, the trial court was correct to rely on the legal principle that “contingency fees realized after dissolution of a partnership are subject to distribution pursuant to each partner’s share in the net profits after factoring in all proper charges or costs.”
