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SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A.,. Appellant, v. Paige N. POLETZ, a minor child, By and Through her parents, William Randolph POLETZ and Mindy J. Poletz, and William Randolph Poletz and Mindy J. Poletz, individually, Appellees.
    No. 93-01699.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    March 4, 1994.
    Christian D. Searcy of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for appellant.
    F. Wallace Pope, Jr. of Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clear-water, for appellees.
   PATTERSON, Judge.

In this dispute over how the fee of a lawyer, first retained under a contingent fee contract, then discharged, should be calculated on a quantum meruit basis, we affirm the trial court. See Rood v. McMakin, 538 So.2d 125 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); Riesgo v. Weinstein, 523 So.2d 752 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). We certify conflict with Stabinski Funt & De Oliveira, P.A. v. Law Offices of Frank H. Alvarez, 490 So.2d 159 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 500 So.2d 545 (Fla.1986), and Faro v. Romani 629 So.2d 872 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

FRANK, C.J., and HALL, J., concur.