Mast, Mast, Johnson, Wells & Trimyer, P.A. v. Lane

McCullough, Judge.

Keith Lane (“defendant”) appeals from the trial court’s entry of an order for summary judgment. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

Defendant retained the law firm of Mast, Schulz, Mast, Mills & Stem, P.A., now doing business as Mast, Mast, Johnson, Wells & Trimyer, P.A. (“plaintiff’), in November of 2000 to represent him in a legal dispute over money paid to Lane Farms, of which defendant was a partial owner. At that time, defendant executed plaintiffs Minimum Fee Employment Agreement (the “Fee Agreement”), whereby defendant agreed to pay plaintiff “a minimum…