Wyatt v. Silverstein

ABRAMSON, J,

This case concerns a dispute over fees for legal services. Aaron Wesley Wyatt seeks restitution of $100,000 allegedly loaned or advanced to Silverstein and Beilin LLC (S&B). Wyatt also seeks restitution of a success fee in the amount of $695,000 that S&B allegedly failed to earn. By counterclaim, Ira Silverstein and S&B assert that the $100,000 constituted neither a loan nor an advance, but a paid fee for legal services. Silverstein and S&B also assert that S&B earned and properly collected the $695,000 success fee when Wyatt sold his interests in Pilot Air Freight to Richard…