United States Second Circuit
Rodriguez v. Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C., 08-4966
In an appeal from the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees after an infant compromise hearing, the award is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in looking beyond the retainer agreement between plaintiffs and their attorneys to the actual work performed by the various attorneys; and 2) the district court did not err in determining that appellant-attorneys did not obtain informed consent from the client for the fee-sharing agreement.
Appellate Information
- Argued 08/25/2009
- Decided 02/18/2010
- Published 02/18/2010
Judges
- WINTER, Circuit Judge:, Before WINTER, POOLER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Edward Wagner (Michael P. Atkinson, on the brief), Wagner & Wagner, LLP, Staten Island, N.Y. (Daniel J. Baurkot, Basking Ridge, NJ), for Non-Party-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Stacie L. Hixon, Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd, & Carwile, Tulsa, OK, for Non-Party-Appellees.