The 1st Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling slashing a lawyer's contingency fee with two clients from about $292,000 to $50,000. The circuit unanimously concluded that a lower court judge did not err in finding that attorney Zack Hawthorn's contracted contingency fee with two whistleblower clients was excessive. While the circuit found the fee was not ethically excessive, it noted that in some cases, such a fee would undermine the law's intent to attract whistleblowers willing to undertake the risks of litigation.
October 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court that slashed a lawyer’s contingency fee with two clients from about $292,000 to $50,000.
The 1st Circuit’s unanimous opinion in U.S. v. Hawthorn, which was dated Oct. 18 and issued on Oct. 20, concluded that District of Massachusetts Judge Richard Stearns did not err by finding that attorney Zack Hawthorn’s contracted contingency fee with two whistleblower clients was excessive.
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