Legal Opinion
Rosenman & Colin v. Richard
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 1988No. Nos. 886, 1085, Dockets 87-7957, 87-9049PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns primarily a dispute between a law firm and its former client as to the extent of an attorney’s lien for unpaid fees. Bernice Richard, the former client, appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert W. Sweet, Judge) granting a lien in the amount of nearly $400,000 to the law firm of Rosenman & Colin (“Ro-senman”). The lien applies to sums awarded to Richard in litigation against her former lover, Julian Sherrier. Richard contends on appeal that she is entitled to a jury trial, that she is not…
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