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Litigation

Nov. 12, 2015

Firms settle over attorney's fee dispute

Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley LLP settled with Metzger Law Group PLC over class action compensation both firms claimed they were owed.

By America Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Two Southern California law firms settled a dispute over who rightfully deserved more than $1.1 million in attorney's fees when both purported to represent the same husband and wife couple in consolidated toxic tort class actions.

Personal injury firm Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley LLP claimed it hired away the disputed clients two weeks after the pair initially sought representation from M...

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