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SEYFARTH, SHAW v. LAKE FAIRFAX SEVEN

No. 961021.

480 S.E.2d 471 (1997)

253 Va. 93

SEYFARTH, SHAW, FAIRWEATHER & GERALDSON v. LAKE FAIRFAX SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Beiro Farabow (William F. Pendergast, John A. Jackson, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, on brief), Fairfax, for appellant.

Rodney G. Leffler (Timothy B. Hyland, Leffler, Hyland, Henshaw & Thompson, on brief), Fairfax, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a law firm that filed an action to collect legal fees from a former client is required to establish with expert testimony that the fees charged to the former client were reasonable. This appeal is presented to us in an unusual procedural posture in that the trial court sustained the defendants' motion to strike the plaintiff's evidence at the conclusion of the opening...

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