Heiston v. Schwartz & Zonas, LLP

WALLACE, Judge.

This case involves a dispute between two law firms regarding the allocation of an attorney’s contingent fee earned after the settlement of a wrongful death claim. Dominic Heiston, as personal representative of the Estate of Dylan Heiston, deceased, appeals the trial court’s order that awarded the entire fee to Schwartz & Zonas, LLP, the attorneys for the decedent’s statutory survivors. Because the trial court erred in awarding the entire fee to Schwartz <& Zonas and nothing to the law firm that represented the personal representative, we reverse.

I. THE FACTS AND PROCEDURAL…