California Court of Appeal

Where client did not consent in writing to a fee sharing agreement between law firms, "contract" was illegal and recovery under unjust enrichment or quantum meruit for portion of fee agreed to be paid to referring law firm would be improper; referring firm is only entitled to recovery of expenses actually paid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/02/2002
• Published 05/02/2002

Judges

• EPSTEIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Law Offices of Marc Appell and Marc J. Appell, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants., Huskinson & Brown and Clark McCutchen for Plaintiff and Respondent.