Legal Opinion
Boiko v. Kapolchok
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 2018No. 7278 S-16482/S-16512PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINFREE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
A self-represented couple sued their lawyer for legal malpractice. After lengthy and contentious discovery disputes, at the end of which the couple was sanctioned, the couple retained counsel to assist them in terminating the litigation. The parties agreed to dismiss the suit with prejudice, leaving open the couple's former lawyer's right to seek an award of attorney's fees. This appeal focuses on the superior court's decisions regarding that lawyer's motion for attorney's fees.
Very early in the litigation the lawyer gave the couple a joint, unapportioned…
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