Attorney Can't Get Paid for Referral of Comp Cases Through Unlawful Fee-Splitting Agreement

A California appellate court ruled that an attorney who entered into an improper fee-splitting arrangement for the referral of workers’ compensation claims was not entitled to any payment for the referrals. Case: Leeds v. Reino & Iida, No. B282878, 10/17/2018, unpublished. Facts: Attorney Mark R. Leeds operates the Law Offices of Mark R. Leeds. He entered into an agreement with fellow attorneys Donald Reino and Myles Iida to refer workers' compensation cases to Reino and Iida in exchange of 25% of the fees recovered in settlement or awarded by the Workers' Compensation...