Leoris and Cohen, PC v. McNiece

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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).