HUSKINSON & BROWN, LLP v. WOLF

No. S107616.

9 Cal.Rptr.3d 693 (2004)

32 Cal.4th 453

84 P.3d 379

HUSKINSON & BROWN, LLP, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Mervyn H. WOLF et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California

February 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Marc Appell, Woodland Hills, Appell & Wolf, Encino, Marc J. Appell, Woodland Hills, and Brent I. Rosenweig for defendants and appellants.

Huskinson & Brown, Manhattan Beach, and Clark L. McCutchen, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Werchick & Werchick and Arne Werchick, Truckee, for Arthur Cambers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jerome Fishkin, San Francisco, for Attorney Discipline Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


BAXTER, J.

This case concerns a dispute between two law firms over compensation for legal services performed for a client who prevailed in a lawsuit against a third party. Rule 2-200 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct (all further references to rules are to these rules) bars law firms from dividing client fees among themselves if the client has not given written consent to the agreed division after a full...

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