WIENER, WEISS & MADISON v. FOX

No. 19-30688.

971 F.3d 511 (2020)

WIENER, WEISS & MADISON, a Professional Corporation; Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Leslie B. FOX, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Tucker Kalmbach, Esq. , David Jonathan Hemken , Herschel E. Richard, Jr. , Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, A.P.L.C., Shreveport, LA, Leland Harrison Ayres , Ayres, Shelton, Williams, Benson & Paine, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees

Marshall M. Searcy, Jr. , Jason Chad Arnette , Attorney, Whitney D. Beckworth , Attorney, Caitlyn Hubbard , Kelly, Hart & Hallman, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, Brian E. Crawford, Esq. , Law Office of Brian E. Crawford, L.L.C., Monroe, LA, Patrick Michael Shelby , Senior Counsel, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Barksdale, Haynes, and Willett, Circuit Judges.


Wiener, Weiss & Madison and Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer (the Firms) sued Leslie Fox to enforce the terms of the parties' contingency fee agreement. Fox argued that the agreement was unenforceable because, among other things, it violated certain rules of professional responsibility. The district court disagreed...

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