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DAYNARD v. NESS

CIV.A.No. 01-10099-WGY.

178 F.Supp.2d 9 (2001)

Richard A. DAYNARD, Plaintiff, v. NESS, MOTLEY, LOADHOLT, RICHARDSON & POOLE, P.A.; Ronald Motley; Scruggs, Milette, Bozeman & Dent, P.A.; and Richard F. Scruggs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Barshak, Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, Boston, MA, for plaintiff.

Michael E. Mone, Esdaile, Barrett & Esdaile, Boston, MA, Mark A. Pogue, Edwards & Angell, LLP, Providence, RI, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

Several years ago the tobacco industry settled numerous lawsuits, thus producing enormous attorneys' fees for the lawyers involved. Confirming the adage that "victory has a thousand fathers," a professor of law in Massachusetts, licensed to practice law in New York, now wants to enforce an oral fee-splitting agreement allegedly formed in Illinois with lawyers from South Carolina and Mississippi who profited from the...

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