California Court of Appeal

Rule 2-200 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibits any division of "a fee for legal services with a lawyer who is not a partner of, associate of, or shareholder" without the client's written consent, is not strictly limited to "pure referral" agreements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2001
• Published 04/30/2001

Judges

• SWAGER, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Werchick & Werchick, Arne Werchick, Truckee, Bornstein & Bornstein JonathanH. Bornstein, San Francisco, Law Offices of Joel D. Adler, Joel Adler, San Francisco, for plaintiff and appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Steven D. Wasserman, Thomas F. Kopshever, San Francisco, Law Offices of Philip Edward Kay, Philip Edward Kay, San Francisco, Lawrence Anthony Organ, for defendant and respondent.