COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY v. UNIVERSAL PARAGON CORP.

No. A126149.

187 Cal.App.4th 1405 (2010)

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UNIVERSAL PARAGON CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

As modified September 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Kaiponanea T. Matsumura and Gina Moon for Defendants and Appellants.

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Nancy L. Fineman, Philip L. Gregory; Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley and Susan H. Handelman for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

NEEDHAM, J.

Appellant Universal Paragon Corporation, formerly known as Tuntex (USA), Inc. (UPC), hired respondent law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy (CP&M) to represent it in complex environmental litigation. After a settlement in the underlying action was reached, UPC and CP&M were unable to agree on the amount of fees owed to CP&M under their written fee agreement...

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