Wagner, Vaughn, McLaughlin & Brennan, P.A. v. Kennedy Law Group

STRINGER, Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, Wagner, Vaughan, McLaughlin & Brennan, P.A. (“the Wagner firm”) seeks review of two orders of the probate court awarding the Kennedy Law Group (“KLG”) the entire contingency attorney fee amount from $1.23 million in settlement proceeds. KLG represented the personal representative in settlement negotiations for a wrongful death action, and the Wagner firm represented two of the survivors. Because the Wagner firm did not perform work on any aspect of the case in which KLG had a conflict of interest, the Wagner firm was not entitled to any portion of…