In re Marriage of Reidy

Pauline Reidy (Pauline) retained the services of Charles S. Simon (Simon) to represent her in an action against her husband, John Reidy (John), to dissolve the Reidy marriage and distribute their marital assets between them. Later, after roughly two years of representation by Simon, Pauline discharged him as her attorney and retained substitute counsel. Simon filed a petition for attorney fees and court costs for his representation of Pauline prior to his withdrawal as her attorney. The petition sought reimbursement from Pauline and/or John.

Approximately one year later, the court dissolved…