Serio v. Serio

Albert H. Werner, (Werner) the first attorney for Margaret M. Serio, plaintiff in the trial court, brings this appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County allowing him $200 in attorney’s fees from the $2,500 attorney’s fees the defendant, Frank J. Serio, was required to pay his wife’s three attorneys.

In January, 1965, Werner filed a complaint for separate maintenance for plaintiff. Defendant counterclaimed for divorce and filed a petition to partition certain realty. Werner negotiated, on his client’s behalf, with defendant’s attorney for a property settlement. An oral agreement…