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"We hold that a petitioning attorney may obtain a judgment against his or her client for the reasonable amount of unpaid legal fees in the underlying action without filing a separate action in the Law Division," Judge Richard Geiger said, joined by Judges Carmen Alvarez and Heidi Currier.
May 29, 2018 at 03:45 PM
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Ruling in a fee dispute between New Jersey firm Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello and its client, a state appeals court has streamlined rules for attorneys seeking to recover fees from their clients.
In a published opinion released Tuesday in the $99,000 fee dispute, a three-judge Appellate Division panel said attorneys involved in fee disputes do not have to file separate actions in the Law Division.
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