Castillo v. Koppes-Conway

Opinion by

Judge RUSSEL.

Plaintiff, Oscar Castillo, appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment for defendant, Rebecca Koppes-Conway. We affirm and remand with directions.

I

Plaintiff hired defendant to represent him in a workers’ compensation case. The fee agreement provided, among other things, that if plaintiff fired defendant before the case was resolved, he would pay her for work that she had performed.

Plaintiff later fired defendant and hired his present attorney. Defendant filed an attorney’s lien, alleging that plaintiff had failed to pay her under the fee agreement.

Plaintiff…