Legal Opinion
Robnett v. Kirklin Law Firm
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided June 2, 2005No. 01-03-00561-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ELSA ALCALA, Justice.
This dispute concerns competing rights to attorney’s fees under contingency-fee contracts that appellant, Paula Robnett, referred to appellee, the Kirklin Law Firm (the firm), at least one of which the firm, in turn, referred to a third law firm. The firm prevailed by summary judgment after intervening in the trial-court cause, the “Thomas” case, 1 seeking a declaration that it was entitled to attorney’s fees in that lawsuit and in a second action, the “Tru-tec” case. 2 Appellant, Paula Robnett, opposed the firm’s intervention and claimed competing rights to the…
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