Howard v. Adams

|! This is the fourth appeal in a longstanding dispute between appellant Gary Howard, acting individually and as administrator of the estate of his late father, Odis Howard, and appellee Lauren Adams and her law firm (collectively “Adams”). 1 In the present case, Gary appeals from an order denying partition of the estate’s real property and from a decree foreclosing Adams’s attorney-fee lien. We affirm the circuit court’s rulings.

The lengthy history of this case is set forth in our previous opinions, so we offer only an abbreviated version of the facts. Adams represented Gary in a lawsuit,…