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IN RE SOLIS

No. 09-4075.

610 F.3d 969 (2010)

In the Matter of Luis E. SOLIS, et al., Debtors. Appeal of Joseph M. O'Callaghan.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Jones, Woodstock, IL, for Debtors.

Joseph M. O'Callaghan (argued), Chicago, IL, pro se.

Jeffrey P. Orduno (argued), McGreevy Williams, Rockford, IL, for Appellee.

Before MANION, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

The legal profession has not treated debtor Luis Solis well. The secretary of an attorney who settled Solis' workers' compensation claim stole nearly half of the amount he was owed. Then a second attorney whom Solis had hired to recover the rest of the stolen settlement—appellant Joseph O'Callaghan—asserted an attorney fee claim for a percentage of the entire amount of the settlement, including the portion that Solis had already...

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