Legal Opinion
Mercantile Adjustment Bureau, L.L.C. v. Flood
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 29, 2012No. 10SC852PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bender
T1 In this appeal, we review the order of the district court holding that an attorney does not violate Rule 1.8(e) of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct when he pays the fees of an appellate attorney retained to represent his client on appeal.
T2 After losing on her Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim at the county court, Elizabeth Flood's trial counsel, Gary Merenstein, paid the fees of several appellate attorneys who represented Flood in an appeal to the district court and later to this court because they were not willing to work on a contingency basis. Flood ultimately…
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