John M. O'Quinn, P.C. v. Natl Union Fire In

PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:

*366 This case arises from a fee dispute about litigation expenses that an arbitration panel found attorneys had improperly allocated to their clients. John M. O'Quinn P.C., doing business under the name of other law firms that included the O'Quinn name (to whom we will refer collectively as "O'Quinn") represented many clients as plaintiffs in litigation against breast implant manufacturers and obtained substantial awards for those clients through settlements. Martha Wood and others were among those plaintiffs, and they subsequently became embroiled in a dispute…