In Re Thompson

Winkler, Judge.

{¶ 1} Donald and Brenda Thompson retained John H. Metz and Albert T. Brown Jr. as counsel for a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a doctor and others for injuries suffered by their daughter, Tesha Lanae Thompson, at her birth. The Thompsons executed a contingency-fee agreement dated January 24, 1997, whereby counsel would receive certain percentages of any amount recovered by the Thompsons, if litigation progressed beyond identified milestones. The remuneration percentages ranged from thirty-three and one-third percent to forty-five percent of the total recovery by the…