Benchmarks: Fee award wrongly based on lawyer’s cut 
Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: attorney fees, breach of contract, contingency fee agreement
Victorious plaintiffs in a breach of contract case thought they were in line for an award of attorney fees equal to what they owed their lawyer under a 25 percent contingency fee agreement.
They were wrong.
Lawyer’s share of client’s recovery limited
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 13, 2010
Tags: attorney fees, contingency fee agreement, Workers’ Compensation
A lawyer hired to recover stolen workers’ compensation benefits was only entitled to a percentage of the amounts the client actually received through his efforts, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
