HOTEL ASSOCIATES v. RIEVES, RUBENS & MAYTON

No. CV-13-1114.

435 S.W.3d 488 (2014)

2014 Ark. 254

HOTEL ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellant v. RIEVES, RUBENS AND MAYTON, an Arkansas General Partnership; Michael R. Mayton; Elton Allison Rieves, III; and Belinda E. Rubens, Individually and in Her Capacity as Administratrix of The Estate of Kent J. Rubens, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., by: John Keeling Baker, Alex T. Gray, and Brian A. Pipkin, for appellant.

Williams & Anderson PLC, by: Philip E. Kaplan, Stephen A. Hester, and Bonnie Johnson, for appellees.


COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, Justice.

Appellant Hotel Associates, Inc. (Hotel) appeals an order entered by the Pulaski County Circuit Court upholding the validity of an oral contingency-fee agreement for legal services rendered by attorney Kent J. Rubens, deceased, when he was a general partner in the law firm of appellee Rieves, Rubens and Mayton (RRM). As a result of this ruling, the circuit court granted judgment in the amount of $2,295,756.70 in favor of RRM and the...

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