Dudding v. Norton Frickey & Associates

This case concerns the interrelationship between a contingency fee agreement and an attorney's request for quantum meruit recovery. Richard Dudding (Dudding) hired Norton Frickey & Associates (Frickey) to litigate a wrongful termination of employment claim on his behalf. Dudding and Frickey entered into a contingency fee agreement setting out the conditions of payment for Frickey's services. - Ultimately, Dudding terminated Frickey's services and Frickey filed an attorneys' lien against the proceeds of Dudding's wrongful termination lawsuit, and also sought in a separate proceeding to compel…