UpRight Law Partners Entitled to Fees in Bankruptcy Case

Three St. Louis lawyers who were engaged by an “unconventional” national bankruptcy firm to represent its clients are entitled to their attorney’s fees because they’re members of the national firm, a Missouri federal judge ruled..

“The ultimate issue” is whether Deighan Law, which does business as UpRight Law, “engaged in impermissible fee sharing by engaging local lawyers to represent Deighan Law clients in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases,” Judge Stephen M. Limbaugh Jr., of the Eastern District of Missouri, wrote in his April 14 opinion.

UpRight Law is headquartered in Chicago and has three general partners and 300 limited partners who ...