Albert G. Hill, Jr. v. Shamoun & Norman, Llp

*728 This case involves a law firm's quantum-meruit suit for the reasonable value of its services in assisting its client reach a comprehensive settlement of various lawsuits filed against him. We must decide whether Texas Government Code section 82.065 or our common law permits the firm's quantum-meruit recovery for services it performed under an unenforceable contingent-fee agreement and whether the firm's damages expert improperly based his damages model on that agreement. We hold that despite the firm's lack of a signed writing, the statute of frauds does not preclude its quantum-meruit…