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Joseph H. King Jr. PC v. Lessinger

When a attorney is discharged before the contingency in a contingency fee contract occurs, the discharged attorney is limited to pursuing the equitable remedy of quantum meruit against his client.

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Appellants Joseph H. King, Jr., P.C. and Louis R. Feingold appeal from the trial court’s order granting the motion to dismiss their complaint filed by appellees Howard M. Lessinger and McLain & Merritt, P.C. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. The facts as alleged in the appellants’ complaint are as follows. Appellants are attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia. On February 26, 2002, Olivean and Simon Slattery entered into a contingency fee contract with appellant King under which he would represent them in a personal injury action against a trucking company and its insurer. As contemplated by the contract, appellant Feingold was associated as an attorney to assist King with the lawsuit. Appellants thereafter filed suit on behalf of the Slatterys in the Superior Court of Hall County.

In November 2002, the Slatterys discharged appellants as their counsel. The Slatterys entered into a new contingency fee contract with appellees to represent them in the Hall County lawsuit from that point forward. Appellee Lessinger, a partner at appellee McLain & Merritt, subsequently negotiated a settlement with the trucking company and its insurer on behalf of the Slatterys for $995,000. Based on their contingency fee contract with the Slatterys, appellees received a fee totaling 1/3 of the settlement amount, or $331,666.67.

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