PARTNERSHIP DISPUTES
Representative Cases
- Resolved a partnership dispute in which the Plaintiff contended he was wrongfully evicted from a law firm partnership that focused on employee wage/hour class actions and consumer rights class actions. Plaintiff claimed breach of partnership agreement, breach of fiduciary duties, quantum meruit, and requested an accounting. Defendant contended that plaintiff had quit the law firm abruptly without notice and had not done the work on cases he felt entitled to money on. The dispute required analysis under Jewel v. Boxer of profit sharing on contingency fee cases involving departing partners.