Royce v. Michael R. Needle, P.C.

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, United States District Judge

Attorneys Michael R. Needle and Merle Royce represented a group of plaintiffs in a RICO action filed in this court and settled in 2013. See Amari et al. v. Burgess et al. , No. 07 CV 1425 (N.D. Ill.). Both Needle and Royce are entitled to a share of attorneys' fees earned in that case. Before those funds were paid out, Royce brought this interpleader action against Needle's law firm, Michael R. Needle, P.C. ("MRNPC"), and the sixteen Amari plaintiffs, seeking an adjudication concerning the distribution of the settlement funds, now on deposit…