The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has refused to hear arguments over whether an Allegheny County trial judge who is suing his former law partners over the distribution of their now-defunct firm’s assets is entitled to an accounting of contingent fee cases that were resolved following the firm’s dissolution.
In an October decision that explored the ethical implications of practicing lawyers sharing fees with sitting judges, the state Superior Court ruled that a Somerset County trial judge’s finding that Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Philip A. Ignelzi was entitled to such an accounting was premature.
