Fowler v. Gartner

This appeal and cross-appeal arise from an ex parte default final judgment entered against Leonard Gartner. Therein, the trial court ordered Gartner to pay his former counsel, Richard Fowler, Esq. and the *1048Fowler Law Firm (collectively Fowler) the amount remaining due under the terms of a mediated settlement agreement the parties reached after Gartner discharged Fowler in a dissolution of marriage action. In the same order, the trial court refused to enforce a provision of the agreement which required Gartner to pay a higher sum in the event of a default. Fowler appeals the trial court’s…