Daily News | An $11 million legal fee dispute between a lawyer and his former firm could finally be decided in a Montgomery County courtroom
or his former suburban law firm — began Monday in Montgomery County. Emotions were running high as the lawyer testified that the girl “made a decision to go with me.”
Montgomery County Judge Richard P. Haaz calmed the two sides in a case that looks at the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship — could the girl follow DeMarco to his new firm when he left Elliott Greenleaf — and contracts between law firms.Elliott Greenleaf argues that DeMarco was an employee, the firm paid for his legal malpractice insurance, and he is not entitled to the $11 million referral fee, or even part of it. A referral fee is essentially a finder’s fee.
The referral fee deal worked this way: Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky worked for a 40% contingency fee if Santos settled or won at trial, while agreeing to pay 40% of this contingency fee as a referral fee.At first the truck explosion looked like a no-win for lawyers and victims with no apparent deep pockets to pay damages.
Santos — who has has undergone skin-grafting procedures and suffered neurological injuries, post-traumatic disorder, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain — received about $70 million.
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