Oct 22, 2010
1st Circuit Cuts Contingency Fee in Whistleblower Case
The 1st Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling slashing a lawyer’s contingency fee with two clients from about $292,000 to $50,000. The circuit unanimously concluded that a lower court judge did not err in finding that attorney Zack Hawthorn’s contracted contingency fee with two whistleblower clients was excessive.