Boyle v. Clyde Snow & Sessions P.C.

Associate Chief Justice Lee, opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 This case was filed and litigated for years as a wrongful death action. It has now devolved to a dispute over attorney fees. The fee dispute is between Thomas Boyle, who represented the plaintiff in the wrongful death action, and the law firms with which he was affiliated (Clyde Snow & Sessions, P.C. and later Prince Yeates & Geldzahler, P.C.).

¶ 2 The wrongful death action settled after six years of litigation. And in the wake of the settlement-but prior to dismissal or final judgment-one of the law firms (Clyde Snow) asserted a lien…