A written attorney fee agreement that specifies only hourly rates but is not ambiguous can not be modified by evidence that the parties agreed orally to cap the fees, the Texas Supreme Court held in a Houston lawyer's almost decade - old
case against a former client.
Not exact matches
Represented an aerospace coating manufacturing and systems integration company in a trade secrets
case against former employees, resulting in a favorable resolution and judgment in favor of the
client.
The SJC decision, Wenger v. Aceto, involved a
case that pit the lawyer, Gregory J. Aceto,
against his
former client, a physician.
Successfully litigated a restrictive covenant
case in Superior Court receiving an injunction
against our
client's
former employee for violating his agreement not to solicit customers and accounts.
HYPO # 5: A
client filed a grievance
against me, and is claiming that my $ 15,000 flat fee to defend a small business owner
against a lawsuit by a
former employee was unreasonable when I managed to resolve the
case with a letter and a couple of phone calls.
Boiling down the facts,
Former Attorney took on a
case by
Former Clients to relocate above - ground utility lines
against well known phone and gas Utilities.