William M. Freeman v. Richard A. Mayer and Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Fee-sharing arrangements between lawyers are regulated in Indiana under Rule 1.5(e) of the Rules of Professional Conduct promulgated by the Indiana Supreme Court. In this case, we must decide whether such a fee-sharing agreement existed between William M. Freeman, at the relevant time an Illinois lawyer, and Richard A. Mayer, an Indiana lawyer and his law firm, Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C. (For convenience, we refer to both as Mayer, unless the context requires otherwise.) Because we conclude, like the district court, that a contract arose between Freeman…