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- Title: Robnett v. Kirklin Law Firm
- Author : In the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas
- Release Date : January 02, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
Description
This dispute concerns competing rights to attorneys 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, seeking a declaration that it was entitled to attorneys fees in that lawsuit and in a second action, the "Trutec" case. Appellant, Paula Robnett, opposed the firms intervention and claimed competing rights to the fees. The firm opposed Robnetts challenge and sought traditional summary judgment on its intervention claim on the grounds that, when Robnett signed the initial, contingency-fee contracts in both cases, her license to practice law in Texas had been suspended for nonpayment of her attorney-occupation tax and for failing to meet requirements under the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Program. The trial court rendered summary judgment in favor of the firm and enjoined Robnett from seeking attorneys fees from her former clients in both cases. In rendering summary judgment, the trial court ruled that Robnett was not retroactively reinstated when she executed the contingency-fee contracts in either the Thomas case or the Trutec case, that the firm was entitled to $15,542.13, or one-half of the funds deposited in the courts registry, and that Robnett could not seek attorneys fees in the Thomas case and was not entitled to receive any attorneys fees in the Trutec case.