Hoover Slovacek LLP v. Walton

in which Justice O’NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice GREEN, and Justice JOHNSON joined.

We deny Walton’s motion for rehearing and grant Hoover Slovacek’s motion for rehearing. We withdraw our opinion of June 30, 2006 and substitute the following in its place.

In this case, we must determine whether an attorney hired on a contingent-fee basis may include in the fee agreement a provision stating that, in the event the attorney is discharged before completing the representation, the client must immediately pay a fee equal to the present value of the attorney’s interest in the…