Much Shelist Freed Denenberg & Ament, P.C. v. Lison

PRESIDING JUSTICE CERDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg & Ament, EC., a law firm, appeals from the entry of summary judgment by the circuit court of Cook County on its complaint in favor of defendants, attorney John M. Lison and Lison & Griffin, a law firm partnership (L&G), for the quantum meruit value of plaintiffs legal services representing L&G as the class representative in a class-action lawsuit that defendants abandoned.

The issue is whether, under a contingency-fee agreement, plaintiff law firm can recover the quantum meruit value for its…