DANZIGER & DE LLANO, LLP v. MORGAN VERKAMP LLC

No. 19-1986.

948 F.3d 124 (2020)

DANZIGER & DE LLANO, LLP, Appellant, v. MORGAN VERKAMP LLC; Frederick M. Morgan, JR., ESQUIRE; Jennifer Verkamp, Esquire.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: January 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavin P. Lentz , [ARGUED], Jeffrey W. Ogren , Bochetto & Lentz, 1524 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Counsel for Appellant.

George Jonson , Montgomery Rennie & Jonson, 600 Vine Street, Suite 2650, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Anthony P. McNamara , Thompson Hine, 312 Walnut Street, Suite 1400, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Tejinder Singh , [ARGUED], Goldstein & Russell, 7475 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 850, Bethesda, MD 20814, Ammar S. Wasfi , Killino Firm, 1835 Market Street, Suite 2820, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: AMBRO, KRAUSE, and BIBAS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Removal to federal court changes the field of play, but not the game being played. Two law firms, Danziger and Morgan Verkamp, spent almost a year and a half in Pennsylvania state court disputing and ultimately taking discovery over a referral fee before any complaint was filed. After Morgan Verkamp...

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