Winburn, Lewis & Barrow, P.C. v. Richardson

McMurray, Presiding Judge.. These appeals concern interpretation of an hourly plus contingency attorney fee contract between Winburn, Lewis & Barrow, P.C. (“the firm”) and contingent beneficiaries to the Estate of Smith Bridges (“the estate”), Carol B. Richardson, Lavern Parton and Jeanene Pass (“the clients”). The clients initially agreed to pay the firm $85 per hour to account for their brother’s, Kenneth Bridges’, suspected waste of estate property while he was serving as trustee of their mother’s marital trust. After probate court proceedings confirmed that Kenneth Bridges had squandered…