Smith v. Schryver

In this workers’ compensation case, the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denied Claimant’s former counsel’s motion to compel production of hours billed by Claimant’s successor counsel in working toward Claimant’s lump-sum settlement, and then valued former counsel’s attorney’s fee lien based only upon the number of former counsel’s hours at an hourly rate. The discovery would result in evidence that could be relevant to valuation of former counsel’s fee lien under Rosenthal, Levy & Simon, P.A., v. Scott, 17 So.3d 872, 876 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) (“In cases where the discharged attorney…