Perspective
Sep. 9, 2011
Transparency in law firms: I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours
For lateral partners seeking a new home, and law firms seeking their next rainmaker, the courtship just got even more complicated. By Edwin B. Reeser
A line of cases in California, beginning with Jewel v. Boxer (1984) 156 Cal.App.3d 171, requires that attorney fees received on cases in progress ("unfinished business") by withdrawn partners from a defunct law partnership are to be shared with the former partners according to their right to fees, regardless of which partner provides legal services in the case. The fact that the client substitutes a former partner as attorney o...
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