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Hulk Hogan Sues Law Firm for Overcharging

By Carolyn Elefant

Retired professional wrestling champ Hulk Hogan is up for another fight, only this one doesn't involve grappling with another large man clothed only in a few strategically placed swathes of spandex. Instead, Hogan is taking on American Lawyer "Litigation Boutique of the Year" finalist Zuckerman Spaeder, alleging that the firm overcharged Hogan by more than $1 million in legal fees. According to Hogan's malpractice complaint, Zuckerman Spaeder never disclosed that Hulk Hogan's insurance company would have provided a free attorney to defend Hulk Hogan in a civil case that arose out of his son's car crash. Moreover, Hogan contends that the lawyer whom Hulk Hogan's insurer had lined up for him was far more qualified than the two Zuckerman Spaeder attorneys who charged rates of up to $550 an hour. The Zuckerman attorneys denied all charges in a statement they released to The Am Law Daily. This seems like a tough, tough case to prove. First, Hulk Hogan needs to establish that Zuckerman did indeed have an ethical obligation to disclose the availability of lower cost options (for the record, I believe that lawyers should always do so). Second and even more difficult, Hulk Hogan would need to show that...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on September 14, 2009 (boomark / email).