Attorneys representing eight law firms and the estate of defunct Howrey LLP agree on little other than that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should ask the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to determine who owns the proceeds from business left over when a law firm goes belly up (Diamond v. Jones Day, 9th Cir., 15-16333, reply brief 4/4/16).
The latest chapter in the wrangling over who owns what book of business from a defunct firm reiterates arguments firms made from the beginning: that the work done on behalf of clients abandoned when a ...
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