Culpepper & Carroll, PLLC v. Cole

I respectfully dissent.

This case bears out the adage, hard facts make bad law. Certainly, there are hard facts evident from what appears to have been very good legal representation from Mr. Culpepper who has gone uncompensated for his services. Providing him compensation in a manner given by the majority, however, makes for bad law. This is bad law for the attorney/client relationship within contingent fee contracts and misconstrues the nature of such contracts and the rights of the attorney under the contract, thus missing well-established concerns for the regulation of the practice of law.

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