Leonard C. Arnold, Ltd. v. Northern Trust Co. of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court;

Attorneys James H. Canel, Leonard C. Arnold and James Franz (the attorneys) appeal from that portion of an order of the circuit court which denied, in part, their claim for attorney fees against the estate of Jason Goodman, a minor.

The facts are not in dispute. On November 9, 1981, the minor child’s parents, Glenda Sue Goodman, as mother and next friend, and James M. Goodman, signed a written contingency fee agreement under which they retained the firm of Leonard C. Arnold, Ltd., and James H. Canel, Ltd., to represent them as attorneys…