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SORENSON v. WINSTON & STRAWN, LLP

6997, 158124/15.

162 A.D.3d 593 (2018)

75 N.Y.S.3d 910

2018 NY Slip Op 04828

Eric Sorenson, Appellant, v. Winston & Strawn, LLP, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 28, 2018.

Plaintiff is not entitled to any compensation for services rendered under the subject contingency fee retainer. It is undisputed that the terms of the retainer violated 22 USC § 1623 (f), and, thus, the retainer was "unlawful and void" under federal law. Under these circumstances, plaintiff's argument that the void retainer allowed him to pursue a quasi-contract theory of recovery is unavailing. In light of the illegality...

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