Opinion
S236208
08-31-2016
HELLER ERHMANN LLP v. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
Request for certification granted
The court grants the request, made pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.548, that this court decide a question of California law presented in a matter pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Pursuant to rule 8.548(f)(5) of the California Rules of Court, this court restates the certified question as follows: Under California law, what interest, if any, does a dissolved law firm have in legal matters that are in progress but not completed at the time the law firm is dissolved, when the dissolved law firm had been retained to handle the matters on an hourly basis?
For the purposes of briefing and oral argument, appellant Heller Ehrman, LLP is deemed the petitioner in this court. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.520(a)(6).)
Werdegar, J., was recused and did not participate.
Votes: Cantil-Sakauye, C. J., Chin, Corrigan, Liu, Cuéllar, and Kruger, JJ.