David Gillespie and Michael O'Brien v. A.L. Hernden and Frederick R. Zlotucha

OPINION

Opinion by:

Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

This appeal involves a dispute between two clients and their two attorneys over a written contingent fee contract and an oral fee-sharing agreement in an oil and gas case. In that case, the attorneys obtained a settlement for the clients. Then, the clients sued the attorneys; the clients argued the contingent fee contract was unconscionable and the attorneys should forfeit their fees. The trial court denied the clients’ traditional motion for summary judgment and granted the attorneys’ no-evidence and traditional motions. The clients appeal.

Because…