BENNETT v. ASHCRAFT & GEREL, LLP

No. 31, Sept. Term, 2022.

303 A.3d 1237 (2023)

259 Md. App. 403

Jamie BENNETT v. ASHCRAFT & GEREL, LLP.

Appellate Court of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied November 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Ray M. Shepard , The Shepard Law Firm, LLC, Pasadena, MD, on brief, for Appellant.

Argued by J. Bradford McCullough ( Stanley Reed , Caitlin Grant , and Meaghan Murphy of Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd., on brief), Bethesda, MD, for Appellee.

Argued before: Berger, Arthur, Tang, JJ.


This case principally involves a dispute between a law firm and an attorney who was formerly employed by the firm. At the outset of her employment, the attorney and the firm entered into an agreement about how they would divide a contingent fee if she left the firm, was engaged by a client of the firm, and earned the fee after leaving...

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