Legal Opinion
Smith v. Consalvo
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 22, 1994No. 93-P-195PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
To establish how she would be compensated for representing him in claims against the city of Boston and its director of personnel, Lincoln Smith’s lawyer, Ms. Regina L. Quinlan, 2 prepared a contingent fee agreement in the form prescribed by S.J.C. Rule 3:05(7), 382 Mass. 763-765 (1981), specifying a fee of one-third of the recovery, plus disbursements. Highly successful on behalf of her client, Ms. Quinlan secured a jury verdict in favor of Smith against Robert W. Consalvo, the director of personnel, on a civil rights claim and recovered, as part of the judgment on that claim, reasonable…
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