William S. Wong v. Terry Ramnanan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY WILLIAM S. WONG, Civil Action No. 22-1586 (JXN)(SDA) Plaintiff, v. OPINION TERRY RAMNANAN, Defendant. NEALS, District Judge Pro se Plaintiff William S. Wong (“Plaintiff”), an attorney, represented his (now former) longtime friend, Defendant Terry Ramnanan (“Defendant”), in a criminal matter. At first, Plaintiff worked for free. Then Plaintiff asked Defendant for payment but assured the case would not cost more than $169,000 total. A year later, Plaintiff sent Defendant a proposed fee agreement for either $500 an hour or a $333,333 flat fee.…