( October 17, 2024, 3:08 PM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed that two attorneys and their law firms are entitled to a quantum meruit recovery of more than $1.6 million in fees and expenses for the work they did in litigation to liquidate and divide assets of two estates before terminating their services, finding that the trial court properly used the contingency fee arrangement in the parties’ attorney-client contract to determine the amount of fees owed....