Stair v. Turtzo, Spry, Sbrocchi, Faul & Labarre

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This appeal concerns the entitlement of a law firm to retain attorneys’ fees awarded pursuant to the fee-shifting provisions reposited in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In 1989, Appellee, Adrienne G. Stair (“Stair”), retained Appellant, the law firm of Turtzo, Spry, Sbrocchi, Faul & Labarre, P.C. (“Turtzo, Spry”), to pursue a claim of gender discrimination against her employer. The parties entered into a fee agreement, which provided, in pertinent part:

The client(s) retain(s) the attorneys and the attorneys agree to represent the client(s) in this matter,…