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ANGLO-DUTCH PETROLEUM v. GREENBERG PEDEN

No. 08-0833.

352 S.W.3d 445 (2011)

ANGLO-DUTCH PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL, INC., and Anglo-Dutch (Tenge) L.L.C., Petitioners, v. GREENBERG PEDEN, P.C., and Gerard J. Swonke, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 26, 2011.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Coleman , Richard Bernard Fairer, Yetter Coleman LLP, Craig T. Enoch , Enoch Kever PLLC, Mike A. Hatchell , Charles R. `Skip' Watson Jr. , Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Austin, TX, Donald B. McFall , Kenneth R. Breitbeil , McFall, Breitbeil & Smith, P.C., Brian K. Tully , Jesse R. Pierce & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International, Inc.

Rusty Hardin , Joe M. Roden , Ryan Kees Higgins , Rusty Hardin & Associates, P.C., Robert M. `Randy' Roach Jr. , Daniel William Davis , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Amy J. Schumacher , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Greenberg Pede, P.C.

Linda Eads , Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX, pro se.

Christopher S. Johns , Dawson Sodd Ellis & Hodge LLP, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Abrams Scott & Bickley, L.L.P.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, and Justice GUZMAN joined.

The parties dispute whether an attorney fee agreement is ambiguous. The client contends that an agreement on law firm letterhead, signed by a lawyer on behalf of the firm, is with the firm, not with the lawyer personally. The lawyer counters that his use of personal pronouns in the agreement, as well as surrounding circumstances...

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