Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan faces class action claims that an arbitration clause included in its fee agreements violates Florida bar rules, as part of a lawsuit filed Wednesday in state court that accuses the law firm of trying to enforce a fee agreement on a client’s wife based on documents her lawyer claims were forged.
The plaintiff, Ranee Bartolacci, was allegedly hit with a bill amounting to over $360,000 in legal fees after her real estate mogul husband Nir Meir hired the firm for his criminal fraud court case. The lawsuit alleges that before Bartolacci filed for a divorce, Meir attempted to divert money away from his business and creditors into accounts under her name without her knowledge or consent. This effort allegedly involved a set of falsified documents, including a fee agreement with Quinn Emanuel.