Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Spiegel

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Marshall Spiegel appeals from an order of the trial court awarding appellee, attorney Leonard Nelson, fees and costs in the amount of $4,065.90. The award was granted for Nelson’s work in a previous appeal in which Spiegel challenged, among other things, an earlier fee award for Nelson’s services as guardian ad litem of the unborn beneficiaries of the Oscar Spiegel Trust. Spiegel contends that the second award of fees was improper because Nelson had an undisclosed conflict of interest and because Nelson was simply acting to protect…