Texas Law Firm Unfairly Denied Fees in Hurricane Litigation

Lawyers for a Texas firm shouldn’t have been denied their proceeds from litigation by a federal trial court judge who found they improperly solicited claims against insurers after hurricanes devastated Louisiana, an appeals court said Friday.

Attorneys for MMA, formerly known as McClenny Moseley & Associates PLLC, were given a chance to contest their suspensions, but had no such opportunity to push back on the decision to deprive them of fees, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said.

“Indeed, there was no notice, the district court did not issue an order to show cause, nor ...