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CHAMPION v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A039803.

201 Cal.App.3d 777 (1988)

247 Cal. Rptr. 624

JAN CHAMPION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; JAMES F. BOCCARDO et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Townsend & Townsend, Paul W. Vapnek and Kenneth A. Weber for Petitioners.

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, Wagner & Kane, Robert F. Kane, Ted F. Hannig, James F. Sweeney, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Walter R. Allan, David S. Winton, Iwasaki, Thomas & Sheffield, Hardy L. Thomas, Steinhart & Falconer and David E. Lombardi as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Richard M. Bryan, Kathleen A. Foley, Nelson H. Wild, Morrison & Foerster, James J. Brosnahan and Edward J. Niland for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

This petition invites us to examine the intricate web woven by a legal partnership specializing in personal injury litigation. A former partner asks us to (1) find that the partnership's agreement for sharing fees for unfinished cases taken by a departing partner violates several rules of professional conduct, and (2) declare that he is entitled to share in the profits...

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