Petition of Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen

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• court has jurisdiction over law firm’s proceedings to establish a lien against judgment for the recovery of attorney’s fees
• court's ancillary power extends to disputes that arise after the initial litigation is no longer before the court
• court’s ancillary power extends to disputes that arise after the initial litigation is no longer before the court
• “where there has been no discharge, the contract between attorney and client must govern, absent evidence of fraud, deceit, overreaching, or undue influence.”
• “Because Mrs. Richard has not presented any evidence of dismissal prior to the completion of the underlying action, she may not seek to avoid liability on the grounds that Rosenman was dismissed, with or without cause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).