Stair v. Calhoun

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that failure to pay legal fees is a “legitimate ground” for withdrawing from a case
• noting that billing for blocks of time during which multiple discrete tasks are completed is discouraged
• stating that a charging lien is determined on a quantum meruit basis
• denying retaining lien where it would have delayed the resolution of the case, and the clients were unable to pay accumulated costs to their outgoing lawyer
• granting withdrawal in June 2010 in case filed in September 2007, where a after client did “not made any payment toward his outstanding legal balance . . . since March 12, 2008.”
• granting withdrawal where “the litigation has only passed the motion to dismiss stage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).