Section 4.94 Judgment and Collection as Part of Legal Representation

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29. (§4.94) Judgment and Collection as Part of Legal Representation

There is a presumption that an attorney undertaking litigation for a contingent fee, based on the amount recovered, contracts to carry the case entirely through until finish. Creason v. Deatherage, 30 S.W.2d 1, 4 (Mo. 1930); Knight v. DeMarea, 670 S.W.2d 59, 62–63 (Mo. App. W.D. 1984) (“in the absence of an express provision to the contrary a contingent fee contract . . . covers services rendered by the attorney in prosecuting or defending...