Legal Opinion
Speiser, Krause & Madole P.C., D/B/A Speiser, Krause, Madole & Cook v. Rudy A. Ortiz Rudy A. Ortiz & Opinion Associates P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2001No. 00-55195PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Rudy A. Ortiz and Rudy A. Ortiz & Associates, P.C., a Virginia corporation,1 appeal the district court’s order denying their motion to set aside the entry of default and to enlarge time to answer. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Speiser, Krause & Madole, P.C., a California law firm, entered into an agreement with Ortiz, an attorney, for the purpose of dividing the legal representation responsibilities arising out of an airline crash case. After the case was concluded, a dispute arose between the attorneys regarding the division of the attorneys’ fees.
As a result, on January 7,…
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