PATTERSON v. LAW OFFICE OF GOLDSTEIN, P.A.

No. 4D07-1355.

980 So.2d 1234 (2008)

Patricia A. PATTERSON, Appellant, v. A LAW OFFICE OF LAURI J. GOLDSTEIN, P.A., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Cullen of the Cullen Law Firm, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Louis E. Lozeau, Jr., of Wright, Ponsoldt & Lozeau, Trial Attorneys, L.L.P., Stuart, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

Patricia Patterson, the employee in this unpaid wages action, appeals a final summary judgment in favor of her former employer, A Law Office of Lauri J. Goldstein, P.A. The issue before this Court is whether a bonus arrangement that violates rule 4-5.4(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar (improper fee-sharing with nonlawyer) is enforceable by a paralegal who seeks unpaid wages due under the agreement. We conclude...

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