Goldstein & Price, L.C. v. Tonkin & Mondl, L.C.

AHRENS, Presiding Judge.

The law firm Goldstein & Price, L.C. (“Goldstein & Price”) appeals from a declaratory judgment entered on March 5, 1997 by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. The trial court determined the parties’ rights to attorneys’ fees arising from contingency fee agreements and interpreted an operating agreement, governing the withdrawal of a member from Goldstein & Price.

Simon Tonkin (“Tonkin”) worked as a partner and then member of Goldstein & Price for over seven years. In December, 1989, during his tenure with Goldstein & Price, Tonkin settled a case, filed on behalf…