CHAMBERS v. KAY

No. S098007.

126 Cal.Rptr.2d 536 (2002)

29 Cal.4th 142

56 P.3d 645

29 Cal.4th 142

Arthur CHAMBERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Philip KAY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

November 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Werchick & Werchick, Arne Werchick, Truckee; Bornstein & Bornstein, Jonathan H. Bornstein, San Francisco; Law Offices of Joel D. Adler and Joel Adler, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Steven D. Wasserman, Thomas F. Kopshever, Kirk C. Jenkins, San Francisco; Law Offices of Philip Edward Kay, Philip Edward Kay, San Francisco, and Lawrence Anthony Organ for Defendant and Respondent.

Marie M. Moffat, Lawrence C. Yee, San Francisco, and Jay Goldman for State Bar of California as Amicus Curiae.


BAXTER, J.

This matter arises from a dispute between two attorneys over contingent fees generated from the successful prosecution of a client's lawsuit against third parties. Rule 2-200(A)(1) of the California Rules of Professional Conduct (all further references to rules are to these rules), which this court approved to protect the public and to promote respect and...

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