Allen & Korkowski & Associates v. Pettit

This proceeding represents the fourth appeal in the ongoing litigation over the marriage dissolution and property distribution of the defendants. It concerns a mortgage given by defendant Bentley Pettit to his attorney, Richard B. Opsahl, a member of the plaintiff law firm, in payment of his fees for representing Pettit in the dissolution matter.

The history of the legal marching and countermarching is detailed in prior opinions (Pettit v. Pettit (1978), 60 Ill. App. 3d 375, 376 N.E.2d 782; Pettit v. Pettit (1980), 85 Ill. App. 3d 280, 406 N.E.2d 899) and need not be reiterated here. In…