Reich & Binstock, LLP v. Scates

OPINION

SHARON McCALLY, Justice.

In this appeal from a bench trial, a law firm seeks to set aside the trial court’s determination that its payment arrangement with an expert violates the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. The law firm further asks that we reverse the trial court’s grant of equitable relief to the expert based on a theory of quantum meruit. We affirm.

Background

Appellee Robert Scates worked as a consulting and occasionally testifying expert for appellant Reich & Binstock, LLP (R & B), a Houston law firm, for numerous years. Scates had other clients, but he…