Opinion ID: 2570635
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: attorney fee agreements

Text: ¶ 13 Under the 1984 Agreement, Christensen & Jensen and Barrett & Brady agreed to jointly represent Slusher, the Ospitals, and Campbell. Though not expressly stated in the 1984 Agreement, the subsequent actions of the parties suggest that attorney fees were to be divided equally between the two firms. As the case progressed, however, Humpherys became the lead counsel in the case. Thereafter, in 1990, Humpherys and Barrett executed another agreement (1990 Agreement) which provided that given the two attorneys' respective involvement in the case, two-thirds of the attorney fees would be apportioned to Christensen & Jensen, while the remaining one-third would be apportioned to Barrett's office. The agreement also provided that Barrett would continue to render some assistance in the case and Humpherys would continue to be lead counsel.