In Re Romero, Gonzalez & Benavides, L.L.P.

OPINION

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

Relator Romero, Gonzalez & Benavides, L.L.P. (“RG & B”) seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the trial court to order the clerk of the court to release to relator funds held in the court’s registry. We conditionally grant the writ.

BACKGROUND

RG & B represented the Gonzalez family in a products liability and wrongful death lawsuit against Reliance Water Heater Co. and other defendants (“Reliance”). Mark A. Cantu d/b/a the Law Office of Mark Cantu (“Cantu”) intervened in the lawsuit claiming, among other things, that RG & B had interfered with his contract to…