In re Estate of Gagliardo

Margaret Gagliardo (Margaret), individually and as the administrator of the estate of her late husband, Michael E Gagliardo (Michael), appeals the trial court’s May 2006 order granting fees in petitions filed by two law firms, Duane Morris LLC (Duane Morris) and Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (Mayer Brown). Each party challenges our jurisdiction but on different grounds. Margaret argues we lack jurisdiction because the trial court in 2003 granted an interested party’s motion for a substitution of judge (SOJ) but failed to transfer “the entire case,” rendering void all orders that followed. Mayer…