Sare

Filed 7/31/13 Sare v. Shad CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(El Dorado) ----

CAROLE MARIE SARE, as Representative, etc.,

Plaintiff and Respondent, C069573

v. (Super. Ct. No. SC20090115)

ANTONIA SHAD et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

In this appeal, we consider whether a decedent attorney’s estate may recover a contingency fee even though the attorney died before the legal services were completed by associated counsel. The decedent attorney, Dale Sare, agreed to represent sisters Antonia Shad and Mary Tsouris in matters relating to the conservatorship and eventual probate of the estate belonging to their half brother, Dan Mathisen. Under the contract for legal services, Sare was entitled to a third…