PEDERSEN AND HOUPT v. MAIN STREET VILLAGE

No. 1-11-2971.

4 N.E.3d 62 (2012)

PEDERSEN AND HOUPT, P.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAIN STREET VILLAGE WEST, PART 1, LLC; Tatum and Shea, Ltd.; Old Second National Bank, N.A.; North American Savings Bank, F.S.B.; JJR Holdings, Ltd.; and MB Financial Bank, N.A., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 2013.

Modified March 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedersen & Houpt, P.C., Chicago ( Arthur M. Holtzman and Donald J. Moran , of counsel), for appellant.

Arnstein & Lehr, LLP ( David A. Golin , of counsel), Polsinelli Shughart PC ( Peter J. Schmidt , Tiffany R. Harper , and Matthew R. Moriarity pro hac vice, of counsel), and Fidelity National Law Group ( Erik J. Anderson , of counsel), all of Chicago, for appellees.


OPINION

Justice QUINN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 After questions were raised by the trial court regarding the propriety of a law firm's attempt to collect an attorney fees lien in a pending mechanic's lien case, the law firm filed a foreclosure action seeking payment of its attorney fees and priority over all mechanic's lien claimants. The trial court ruled that the Attorneys...

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