Legal Opinion
King & King, Chartered v. Harbert International, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 26, 2006No. Civil Action 06-324 (JDB)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
This civil action presents an apparently novel question of District of Columbia law: what relief, if any, may a law firm obtain where it undertakes representation pursuant to a contingency-fee agreement but the subsequent conduct of its client leads to a forfeiture of the underlying claim? For the reasons that follow, the Court holds that, absent an allegation that the client obtained an identifiable benefit as a result of the forfeiture, the law firm is unable to state a claim for which relief may be granted. Accordingly, because the plaintiff in this…
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