Gentry v. Huff

This is the second appearance here for these adversaries — attorney and client. *1308The first resolved the question of the attorney’s fee for which the client was responsible. Huff v. Gentry, 443 So.2d 1052 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).

The question presented here is whether the attorney is entitled to the actual rate of return earned on the unpaid fees while they were invested in escrow pending resolution of the dispute over the fee.

The trial court concluded that the client was entitled to the interest. In the transcript of the hearing, it noted that the attorney is better equipped to protect himself than…