Class Action: Tenth Circuit Court Of Appeal Dismisses Challenge By Three Employee, Non-Equity Lawyers To Fee Allocations Made In Long-Time Class Action Case

They Lacked Standing, Federal Court Of Appeals Rules.

            In Roselle, et al. v. Berger & Montague, P.C., Case No. 17-1328 (10th Cir. Oct. 11, 2018) (nonprecedential), the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal by three attorney-employees of the now-defunct law firm of Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley (WSBC) seeking personal compensation for work in a 27-year class action litigation. It concluded that the three attorneys lacked standing to challenge the fee allocation made by the district judge given they were only employees, not partners or equity-shareholders in the law firm.