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Legal-Mal Plaintiffs Can Recoup Fees Paid to Fix Lawyers' Mistakes
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 30 that a legal-malpractice plaintiff can recover as damages the money it paid to fix a firm's negligence. But the opinion is not a complete win for the plaintiff because it lost the majority of its damages claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
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Disbarred Lawyer Loses Second Bid for Former Client's Artwork
Texas Lawyer
Monday, August 10, 2009
Bernard Dolenz, a former Dallas lawyer who was disbarred in 2000, has lost his second bid to take possession of paintings and artwork created by famed Highland Park portrait artist Dmitri Vail, who died in 1991 at age 88. Vail was well-known in Dallas, hitting his stride in the 1950s and 1960s.
Between a Rock and a Hard Case
Texas Lawyer
Monday, August 10, 2009
It's really all about the fees. Criminal-defense attorney Dick DeGuerin no longer wants to represent R. Allen Stanford, because he doesn't have assurance that Stanford will have money to pay him for future work. But Stanford's new legal team hasn't filed papers to substitute into Stanford's criminal case, because they too want to be sure they will be paid.
Eyes on the Prize: Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Examine Houston Firm's Contingent-Fee Contract With State
Texas Lawyer
Monday, July 13, 2009
In a case that could impact how one state retains private attorneys in the future, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is scrutinizing a contingent-fee contract that Houston attorney F. Kenneth Bailey negotiated with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's Office of General Counsel in 2006.
Commentary: Collectability, Deductibility and Recoverability
Texas Lawyer
Monday, June 8, 2009
In Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. National Development and Research Corp., et al., the Texas Supreme Court faces three issues that, if decided, could substantially affect how courts handle legal malpractice cases in Texas: collectability of underlying judgments, deduction of contingent fees from damages and recoverability of attorneys' fees that were paid in the underlying suit, says Bruce A. Campbell.
1st Court of Appeals' Opinions Won't End Decade-Old Fee Fight
Texas Lawyer
Monday, May 18, 2009
In two separate opinions, the 1st Court of Appeals affirmed judgments for Houston attorney David Sacks' firm in a dispute over attorneys' fees, but the decisions won't end Sacks' 10-year legal battle with a former client. Sacks (pictured) says the amount in dispute now exceeds $400,000 but the litigation has cost him substantially more than that amount.
