Wagner & Wagner, LLP v. Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Wagner & Wagner, LLP, and Daniel J. Baurkot, Esq., appeal from Judge Glee-son’s adoption of Magistrate Judge Mann’s Report and Recommendation.

After an infant compromise hearing, Judge Mann awarded $107,654.56 in attorneys’ fees and $49,866.84 in expenses to Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd, & Carwile, P.C. (the “Atkinson firm” or “appellees”), and $133,286.60 in attorneys’ fees and $2,378.86 in expenses to Wagner & Wagner, LLP. She denied an award of fees to Baurkot because Wagner & Wagner’s sharing of the fees with Baurkot was not properly disclosed to…