Legal Opinion
Bertelsen v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2008No. 06-36020PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BEA; Dissent by Judge MILAN D. SMITH, JR.
BEA, Circuit Judge:
We are called on to decide whether attorney misconduct towards clients, involving violations of rules of professional conduct binding on the attorney, requires forfeiture of the attorneys’ fees paid to them when, after all righteous furor is vented, the fees were eminently reasonable for the result produced.
Jeffrey and Amy Bertelsen, their now-defunct company Bertelsen Food & Gas, Inc., and Jeffrey Bertelsen’s parents Dr. Richard and Janice Jo Bertelsen (“Appellants”), appeal the district court’s judgment after a…
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