A law firm that asserted an attorney charging lien on a contingent fee after apparently contributing little if any work toward the clients recovery has seen its $100,000 award undone.
The Appellate Division, in a precedential ruling Monday in Schepisi & McLaughlin v. LoFaro, A-5426-10, ordered a hearing to resolve procedural questions about the lien and to ascertain what, if any, services [the firm] performed that would warrant a fee.
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