Margolies v. Hopkins

The defendant Roland G. Hopkins (Roland) challenges a judgment in favor of the plaintiff attorney which requires Roland to pay certain attorney ’ s fees incurred by Leslie L. Hopkins (Leslie). 2 The plaintiff asserted that, as part of the resolution of a domestic but nonmarital dispute, Roland agreed with Leslie to satisfy her debt to the plaintiff arising out of his representation of her in that dispute. We took Roland’s appeal on our own motion and now affirm the judgment.

The judge, who heard the case without a jury, found the following facts. Leslie and Roland lived together for four years…