United States Seventh Circuit

A federal trial judge does not have the authority to resolve an attorney lien dispute after the underlying case has settled.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2005
• Decided 04/21/2005
• Published 04/22/2005

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Stapleton (argued), Ball, Eggleston, Bumbleburg, McBride, Walkey & Stapleton, Lafayette, IN, for Appellant., Neal Lewis, Lewis & Associates, Orland, IN, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Fitzpatrick (argued), Fitzpatrick & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Maja C. Eaton, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Ann M. Walsh, Lord Bissell & Brook, Barry G. Bollinger, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Martha D. Kanter, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Donald J. Brown, Jr., Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.