Legal Opinion
Kimberly A. Sutherland v. Paul R. O'Malley and O'Malley & O'malley, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 1989No. 88-2221PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a fee dispute between two attorneys, plaintiff Kimberly Sutherland and defendant Paul R. O’Mal-ley. 1 Ms. Sutherland asked Mr. O’Malley to serve as co-counsel in the representation of one of her clients, Kerwin Albright. After a settlement was obtained in the Al-bright case, Mr. O’Malley caused the settle ment payments to be sent to him and deposited the payments in his firm’s client fund account. In an effort to recover the funds, Ms. Sutherland filed this action in federal district court. Ms. Sutherland’s pleadings alleged that, by diverting…
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