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SUFRIN v. HOSIER

Nos. 97-1132, 97-1241.

128 F.3d 594 (1997)

Barry W. SUFRIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Gerald D. HOSIER, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Shapiro, Ray G. Rezner (argued), Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Paul K. Vickrey, Raymond P. Niro, John C. Janka (argued), Patrick Francis Solon, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 97-1132.

Paul K. Vickrey, Raymond P. Niro, John C. Janka (argued), Timothy J. Haller, Raymond P. Niro, Jr., Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 97-1241.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

We have for decision an appeal and a cross-appeal from a split decision in a bitter dispute between two former law partners, Gerald Hosier and Barry Sufrin, patent lawyers who between 1984 and 1989 practiced law as Hosier & Sufrin, Ltd. In 1986 the firm was retained to handle a patent claim of Telesonics Systems Inc. on a contingent-fee basis. The following year Hosier, the more senior of the two lawyers and the one who had "landed" Telesonics...

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