Case Name: SHELOWITZ, SHELOWITZ, TERRELL & COFFEY, P.A., Petitioner, v. Hortense PETERS, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-07-05
Citations: 931 So. 2d 1059
Docket Number: No. 4D06-1449
Parties: SHELOWITZ, SHELOWITZ, TERRELL & COFFEY, P.A., Petitioner, v. Hortense PETERS, Respondent.
Judges: POLEN, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 931
Pages: 1059–1060

Head Matter:
SHELOWITZ, SHELOWITZ, TERRELL & COFFEY, P.A., Petitioner, v. Hortense PETERS, Respondent.
No. 4D06-1449.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 5, 2006.
Marc Shelowitz of Shelowitz, Shelowitz, Terrell & Coffey, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.
No response by respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Former counsel for the wife in an ongoing dissolution of marriage proceeding seeks review of a nonfinal order granting her motion to release discovery papers to her, in spite of her delinquency in paying fees she owes the firm. The firm filed a notice of retaining lien. We grant the petition.
In granting release of the files, the trial court stated that the "firm does not have a contract or a court order granting a retaining lien." But the firm did have an implied-in-fact contract, even if not written, and did not need a court order to maintain its lien. Andrew Hall & Assocs. v. Ghanem, 679 So.2d 60, 61-62 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).
The order on review is capable of causing irreparable harm to the firm's retaining lien. Rutherford, Mulhall & Wargo, P.A. v. Antidormi, 695 So.2d 1300 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Accordingly, the petition is granted and the order is hereby quashed.
Petition Granted.
POLEN, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.