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LAREW v. HOPE LAW FIRM, P.L.C.

No. 20-1035.

977 N.W.2d 47 (2022)

James C. LAREW, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. HOPE LAW FIRM, P.L.C., Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Andrew L. Hope, Travis J. Burk and Hope Law Firm & Associates, P.C., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 24, 2022.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Kelinson (argued) and Dean Lerner (argued) of Kelinson & Lerner, PLC, West Des Moines, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Bruce H. Stoltze (argued) and John Q. Stoltze of Stoltze & Stoltze, PLC, Des Moines, for appellees.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which Appel, McDonald, and Oxley, JJ., joined. Waterman, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in which Christensen, C.J., and Mansfield, J., joined.

The Hope Law Firm agreed to represent a client in a contingent-fee case. Lawyer James Larew had an of-counsel arrangement with the Hope Law Firm and agreed to work on the client's case in exchange for a portion of the firm's fee. But during the course of the case, Larew's relationship...

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