Klein Calderoni & Santucci

This action arose as a result of a legal fee dispute between plaintiff, law firm, and defendant, client. Plaintiff represented defendant at an appellate hearing before the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. As a result of the hearing, the compensation awarded to defendant was increased from the standard, $65,000, to $204,451. Plaintiff billed defendant $34,862.75 which is 25% of the award recovered over $65,000. Defendant disputes that he agreed to any contingency fee, whatsoever, plaintiff contends that the 25% of the award recovered over $65,000, was the agreed upon contingency fee.