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LAW OFFICES OF SHERBOW v. FIEGER & FIEGER

Docket No. 159450 Calendar No. 1.

968 N.W.2d 367 (2021)

507 Mich. 272

LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY SHERBOW, PC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIEGER & FIEGER, PC, d/b/a Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, PC, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 9, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Gross, PLC, Detroit (by James G. Gross ) and Gregory M. Janks , Auburn Hills, for plaintiff.

Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, PC (by Geoffrey N. Fieger , Southfield, and Sima G. Patel ) for defendant.

Kenneth M. Mogill , Lake Orion, Lawrence A. Dubin , Alan M. Gershel , Detroit, Erica N. Lemanski , Joan P. Vestrand , Southfield, and Victoria Vuletich for Ethics Practitioners and Educators, amicus curiae.

Law Offices of Robert June, PC, Ypsilanti (by Robert B. June ) for Michigan Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

Michigan Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(e) allows attorneys who are not in the same firm to split attorney fees in certain circumstances. This often occurs when one attorney refers an individual to another attorney for legal services but does not provide any other legal services. The primary question in this case...

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