Leoris and Cohen, PC v. McNiece

How courts have described this case

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• reversing grant of summary judgment to the defendants and remanding for determination of whether the attorney- client relationship suffered a complete breakdown
• reversing grant of summary judgment to the defendants and remanding for determination of whether the attorney-client relationship suffered a complete breakdown
• requiring evidence in the record to support finding of good cause for withdrawal where client’s failure to pay fees or other factors were said to have precipitated a “complete breakdown in the attorney-client relationship”
• complete breakdown in attorney-client relationship is cause for withdrawal from contingent fee case, but quantum meruit fee award still appropriate
• breakdown in attorney-client relationship that results in attorney’s withdraw from contingent fee case still permits attorney to receive fees on quantum meruit basis
• breakdown in attorney‐client relationship that results in attorney’s withdraw from contingent fee case still permits attorney to receive fees on quantum meruit basis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kannewurf v. Johns
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-04-18· cited 45×
• In Re Dennis E. CARLSON, Debtor-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-08-31· cited 34×
• Much Shelist Freed Denenberg & Ament, P.C. v. Lison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-06-11· cited 26×
• McGill v. Garza
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-12-13· cited 20×
• Anil Goyal v. Gas Technology Institute
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-06-03· cited 16×
• The Forest Preserve District Of Cook County v. Continental Community Bank And Trust Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-06-12· cited 16×
• MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG AND AMENT, PC v. Lison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-06-11· cited 14×
• Massachusetts v. Sohmer (In Re Sohmer)
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-07-20· cited 13×
• Michael Needle, P.C. v. Cozen O'Connor
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-02-20· cited 9×
• In re Distribution of Attorney's Fees between Stowman Law Firm, P.A., & Lori Peterson Law Firm
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2014-11-03· cited 8×
• Sigma Companies, Inc. v. Regas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-09-30· cited 6×
• Matthews v. Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-02-20· cited 5×
• In Re Carlson
  N.D. Illinois· 1997-04-24· cited 4×
• Goyal v. Gas Technology Institute
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-08-03· cited 4×
• In Re Petition for Distribution of Attorney�s Fees between Stowman Law Firm, P.A., and Lori Peterson Law Firm, formerly doing business as Lori Peterson and Associates.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2014-11-03
• Carlson, Dennis E. v. Brandt, William A.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-08-31
• Houbolt v. County of Cook
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-09-26
• Blanco Matos v. Colón Mulero
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2018-05-23

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-03-29· cited 1,536×
• Purtill v. Hess
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-02-06· cited 1,151×
• In Re Estate of Callahan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-08-14· cited 147×
• Rhoades v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-10-19· cited 127×
• Reed Yates Farms, Inc. v. Yates
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-07-14· cited 34×