Minneapolis Firm Reneged on $660,000 Referral Fee, Suit Claims

Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, a mid-sized law firm headquartered in Minneapolis, failed to honor a 15% referral fee agreement entitling an originating attorney to $660,000, a federal lawsuit alleges.

Vita Law Offices PC wants Lockridge to pay up to $1.98 million in treble damages for allegedly denying the existence of their referral agreement, according to a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Vita, which is based in Boston, claims it referred “two critical plaintiffs” to Lockridge in an antitrust suit, enabling them “to secure a co-lead counsel role and ultimately recover approximately $4.4 million ...