Many bar members were troubled to learn of possible shortfalls in the client accounts of the late New Haven lawyer William Gallagher. And now it appears that there will be no easy resolution of the situation.

Complications arose this month when an attorney who worked for Gallagher filed a motion in court seeking $35,000 in fees she claims are owed to her. The request by attorney Barbara Cox through her lawyer, William Clendenen, is the first of what could be many potential claims for payment from Gallagher’s accounts.