Richard C. Nolan Ii, A/K/A Rick Nolan, and Richard C. Nolan, A/K/A Dick Nolan v. Percy Foreman

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Richard C. Nolan, Sr. (Dick), and Richard C. Nolan, Jr. (Rick), appeal a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the younger Nolan’s former counsel, defendant Percy Foreman. 1 Foreman, a criminal defense attorney, was retained by the Nolans to appeal Rick Nolan’s conviction on a three-count marijuana trafficking indictment, and to defend him against a related two-count indictment, both in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The Nolans sought return of a part of the $25,000 fee paid to Foreman by Dick Nolan on behalf of his…