St. Onge, Stewart, Johnson & Reens, LLC v. Media Group, Inc.

Opinion

PETERS, J.

In this action for the collection of attorney’s fees, a law firm seeks payment from its client for patent and trademark work that it performed over a two year period. The principal issue is whether, in order to recover in a jury trial, the law firm was required to present expert evidence about the reasonableness of its fees. The trial court denied a motion for a directed verdict that was based on the absence of such evidence and accepted a jury verdict in favor of the law firm. It rendered judgment accordingly. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The plaintiff, St.…