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Rainey v. Davenport (In Re Davenport)

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas

Decided February 2, 2006No. 19-30751PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JEFF BOHM, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This six-day adversary proceeding involves a dispute between two trial lawyers over contingent fees. The plaintiff, Ron S. Rainey (Rainey), was an associate at the Davenport Law Firm, a small civil litigation plaintiffs boutique solely owned by Valorie W. Davenport, the debtor in this Chapter 7 case (the Debtor). The Debtor lured Rainey away from another firm by offering him a higher salary and assigning to him a percentage of the contingent fees to which the Davenport Law Firm was entitled in certain litigation. Both the testimony…

2Cases cited81 opinions

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  3. Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Kawaauhau v. GeigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  5. Zamora v. Jacobs (In Re Jacobs)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009

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