This attorney fee matter involves a huge real estate famiy fortune. It recalls the Goldman real estate family divorce. There the husband proudly declared that he owed his wife only $ 386 milion dollars in equitable distribution, not $ 786 million.
In Lawrence v. Miller the attorneys worked on this estate matter for an hourly rate which netted them $ 18 million, and at the same time asked for “gifts.” The Gifts were for $5 Million! Afterwards, they got the widow to sign a new contingent fee arrangement for 40%. How did the AD react to this? They said that the fee was all right for now, and that they could not make a decision without further information.