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SCOTX Bumps ‘$48K-an-hour’ Lawyer Back to Square One in Hill Jr Legal Fee Battle

April 17, 2018 Natalie Posgate

Gregory Shamoun’s epic fight with the late Al Hill Jr. over $7.25 million in legal fees will return to square one after the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week that a legal expert’s support for his claim was legally insufficient.

Although the court acknowledged Shamoun and his firm, Shamoun & Norman, had helped Hill reach a global settlement in a variety of lawsuits filed against him, the court returned the case to the lower court for retrial.

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