Ex-NFL Player’s Lawyers Must Split Fee for Concussion Award

A law firm that successfully appealed the amount of an award granted to retired football player Billy Ray Smith Jr. in the NFL concussion claims process must split its fee evenly with the firm that initially represented him because the appeal built on its work, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled.

Locks Law Firm PLLC is entitled to all fees attributable to the initial $1.4 million award, but it and Langfitt Garner PLLC will equally share in the fees attributable to an additional $400,000 award, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.

Although the agreement between ...