Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment that splits a contingency fee between two Houston firms: Hightower, Russo & Capellan and Ireson, Weizel & Hightower. The fee fight arose because Timothy Hightower and an associate worked on an underlying lawsuit while at Ireson Weizel and later continued to work on the litigation after they departed in August 2011, when Hightower formed Hightower Russo.
The judgment gives Hightower Russo $7,446 of the $56,928 contingency fee in a personal injury lawsuit stemming from an auto accident. The rest goes to Ireson Weizel, now Ireson & Weizel.
