MELAT, PRESSMAN & HIGBIE v. HANNON LAW FIRM

No. 11SC265.

287 P.3d 842 (2012)

2012 CO 61

MELAT, PRESSMAN & HIGBIE, L.L.P., f/k/a Melat, Pressman, Ezell & Higbie L.L.P., and Howarth & Smith, Petitioners v. HANNON LAW FIRM, L.L.C., f/k/a The Law Firm of Kevin S. Hannon, L.L.C., f/k/a The Law Firm of Kevin S. Hannon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cross & Bennett, L.L.C., Joseph F. Bennett , Keith F. Cross , Colorado Springs, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioners.

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Alexander "Alec" R. Rothrock , David M. "Merc" Pittinos , Greenwood Village, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We granted certiorari in The Hannon Law Firm, L.L.C. v. Melat, Pressman & Higbie, L.L.P., ___ P.3d ___, 2011 WL 724742 (Colo.App.2011) (selected for official publication), to determine whether a withdrawing attorney who is barred from maintaining an action for recovery in quantum meruit from the client may nevertheless maintain an action in quantum meruit against former co-counsel, and, if so, when...

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